<p>Wayanad, Kerala: Tiger scare gripped a forest fringe village in Kerala's high-range <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/wayanad">Wayanad </a>district where farmers and local people blocked a busy road on Sunday morning carrying carcasses of cows that had been killed by the big cat.</p>.<p>Despite continuing efforts by the Wildlife Department to cage the animal, the tiger killed two more cows owned by a farmer at Kenichira village in the wee hours.</p>.<p>It had earlier killed two other cows in the hamlet.</p>.<p>Squatting on the busy road, the protesters raised slogans and demanded to ensure protection for their lives and livelihood.</p>.<p>They also displayed carcasses of dead cows on a vehicle.</p>.Wildlife smuggler arrested with 22 wildlife turtles in UP.<p>They wanted immediate intervention of the Wildlife Department to tranquilise the tiger and capture it at the earliest.</p>.<p>"The tiger should be shot dead. The Wildlife Protection Act should be amended incorporating timely changes," one of the protesters demanded.</p>.<p>A local woman said they were scared to send their children to school and visit neighbouring houses due to the constant presence of the big cat in the area.</p>.<p>As the protest continued, senior Wildlife Department officials rushed to the area and assured the villagers that necessary steps would be taken immediately to tranquilise the animal.</p>.<p>Steps have already been initiated to bring the rapid response team personnel to the area as part of the mission to capture the animal, they said.</p>.<p>Forest officials also said Rs 30,000 would be given as an advance of the solatium to the farmers who had lost cows in the tiger attack.</p>.<p>The rest of the amount would be handed over to them after completing the post-mortem procedures of the carcasses of the cows, they added. </p>
<p>Wayanad, Kerala: Tiger scare gripped a forest fringe village in Kerala's high-range <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/wayanad">Wayanad </a>district where farmers and local people blocked a busy road on Sunday morning carrying carcasses of cows that had been killed by the big cat.</p>.<p>Despite continuing efforts by the Wildlife Department to cage the animal, the tiger killed two more cows owned by a farmer at Kenichira village in the wee hours.</p>.<p>It had earlier killed two other cows in the hamlet.</p>.<p>Squatting on the busy road, the protesters raised slogans and demanded to ensure protection for their lives and livelihood.</p>.<p>They also displayed carcasses of dead cows on a vehicle.</p>.Wildlife smuggler arrested with 22 wildlife turtles in UP.<p>They wanted immediate intervention of the Wildlife Department to tranquilise the tiger and capture it at the earliest.</p>.<p>"The tiger should be shot dead. The Wildlife Protection Act should be amended incorporating timely changes," one of the protesters demanded.</p>.<p>A local woman said they were scared to send their children to school and visit neighbouring houses due to the constant presence of the big cat in the area.</p>.<p>As the protest continued, senior Wildlife Department officials rushed to the area and assured the villagers that necessary steps would be taken immediately to tranquilise the animal.</p>.<p>Steps have already been initiated to bring the rapid response team personnel to the area as part of the mission to capture the animal, they said.</p>.<p>Forest officials also said Rs 30,000 would be given as an advance of the solatium to the farmers who had lost cows in the tiger attack.</p>.<p>The rest of the amount would be handed over to them after completing the post-mortem procedures of the carcasses of the cows, they added. </p>