Udupi, Dec 7: The big cat which had unleashed havoc in HD Kote region was successfully captured by the authorities. But, what is not known is the role of Dr Sanath Krishna Muliya from Puttur in the operations to capture the cannibal alive.
Though he had accompanied senior doctors in various operations to capture elephants, this is for the first time that 24-year-old Dr Sanath Krishna was solely shouldering the responsibility of tranquilising the animal during the big operation.
With the orders from the Government to shoot the tiger at sight, forest officials and police started a joint operation on Thursday by dividing the manpower into four teams.
While one time waited at spots where the Tiger had attacked people, three teams, mount on elephants went into the wild in search of the killer tiger. Dr Sanath Krishna was on one of the 80-year-old elephants named 'Kanti', along with Mahout Parvez, helper Karambaiah and a shooter. Dr Sanath Krishna being an anesthesiologist had the crucial responsibility of tranquilizing the tiger.
The team got to know of the tiger's location due to the sudden change in elephant's behavior. While the petrified elephant wanted to run into safe pockets, the Mahout encouraged the elephant to stay on.
Dr Sanath Krishna at 12.05 pm shot the tranquiliser at the tiger and at about 12.10 pm, the tiger was found unconscious. The tiger was then taken to Mysore Zoo by the forest officials.
Pocupine's quill found
When Dr Sanath Krishna examined the tiger, he was startled to find a spine or a quill of a porcupine in the mouth of the tiger.
He feels that this could be the reason behind the tiger hunting down human beings and not animals.
About Dr Sanath
Hailing from Muliya in Vittal, Dr Sanath Krishna is the son of Muliya Keshav Bhat and LIC agent Usha Muliya.
With a degree in veterinary science, he had completed his post graduation in the same field some months ago. After completing research in the USA for couple of months, he returned to India and took up the job of veterinary doctor in Bannerghatta National Park.
The tranquilisation of the wild animal is always done in the day for convenience purpose.
Apart from the timing and precision purpose if the tranquiliser is shot in the day it is easier to locate the animal once it falls unconscious. If the operation is done in the night, the tranquiliser may not be shot perfectly and even if it hits the target it might be difficult the location of the unconscious animal.
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