Tigress crosses into Adilabad for 3rd time, yet to find home

HYDERABAD: A tigress from Maharashtra’s Tipeshwar tiger reserve has crossed over into the farthest corner of Telangana’s Adilabad district for the third time in search of a territory.
The two-and-a-half-year-old tigress named ‘i’ because of a mark beside it’s left eye, is currently moving in the 30 km area connecting Hathighat, Pippalkuti, Tamsi (K) and Arli villages in Bheempur Mandal of Adilabad.
While the tigress has been moving in the region for the last two months, sources informed that no direct or indirect sighting was reported in the last couple of days. The tigress was also sighted moving in the area in February and August this year.
“This is the fourth or fifth tiger migrating into Telangana from Tippeshwar. Considering the increasing tiger population in Tippeshwar and number of villages along the tiger corridor between both the states, the tigers migrating from here, including this tigress which crossed over the state border and has entered Adilabad thrice so far, will definitely find a suitable habitat in Kawal tiger reserve, if it proceeds in that direction,” said Ajinder Singh, a wildlife photographer and conservationist.
Authorities from the forest department who are regularly monitoring the movement of the tigress in Bheempur Mandal informed that the big cat is currently living in an agricultural field which is a non-forest area right beside a village.
“Tigers have started migrating into Telangana from Tippeshwar only from last two-three years,” said V Chandrashekar Rao, forest divisional officer, Adilabad.