Mysore/Mysuru, Nov. 10 -- Unseen, untracked tigress, 3 cubs rescued near Gundlupet today

A tigress that had been terrorising villagers with repeated cattle kills was rescued this morning, along with her three cubs, from the Gundlupet Buffer Zone between Kallahalli and Padaguru villages. The big cat was found just 300 metres from Kallahalli village, hiding in a bush with her cubs.

With the latest capture, total number of tigers, including cubs, rescued in combing operations from Oct. 16 has gone up to 10.

The tigress captured today is estimated to be around four to five years old, is a first-time mother with two-month-old cubs. Interestingly, she is an unrecorded feline - not identified in either Bandipur Tiger Reserve or Nagarahole Tig...