Team Blitz India
Wayanad: Amid mounting protests against the surge in wild animal attacks in places close to forests across the state, the forest department on February 18 identified the presence of a tiger at Ashramam Kolli near Pulpally here. A tiger had killed a calf on February 17 night, officials confirmed.
They also spotted a tiger’s pug marks near the cowshed. The forest department has decided to install surveillance cameras in the area after examining the chances of an attack at any time.
Meanwhile, the Thamarasseri Diocese has decided to intensify protests against the wild animal attacks in Wayanad. Protest meetings were organised in each parish after the Holy Mass. A hunger strike has also been planned in front of the district collectorate.
Earlier, people blocked the vehicle of forest officials and staged a protest alleging lapses in checking wild animal attacks in Wayanad.
Thousands of residents, including women and children, participated in a torch-bearing protest rally at Padamala, the rural hamlet on the fringes of the jungle, from where a few villagers narrowly escaped a tiger on February 14 morning.
The rally started at St Sebastian’s Church and ended at Kurukkanmoola. The protesters, the majority of whom were farmers, carried a black banner which read “Kattu Neethi Kattil Mathi” (Laws of the Jungle Should Remain in the Jungle).
