Triggering fear among the residents, a tigress escaped from its cage at Neyyar wildlife sanctuary, about 30 kilo-metres from Thiruvananthapuram city, Kerala.

It is reported from Kerala that a 9-year-old tigress, which had earlier given sleepless nights to residents of Wayanad district by killing several domestic animals, was recently caught by forest officials and brought to Neyyar sanctuary. By Saturday noon some forest officials and brought to Neyyar sanctuary.

By Saturday noon some forest officials found that the tigress escaped from the cage by breaking the mesh. Though officials later spotted the tigress, it again disappeared before they could tranquilize it. Later the tigress was suspected to have escaped to the Neyyar dam. The forest authorities sounded an alert among the people of the locality and the search was going on. The chances of the tigress entering the neighboring forest areas were also not being ruled out. The tigress was causing a threat at Cheeyambam near Pulpally in Wayanad for around two months as it killed more than 15 domestic animals. The forest officials captured it on October 25 after tranquilizing and thereafter it was shifted to Neyyar.

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