The forest department is monitoring an aged, ailing tigress that has taken shelter near Masinagudi town in the buffer zone of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) in the Nilgiris.

The animal is likely a resident animal as it has been captured in camera traps back in 2014. The tigress, believed to be ailing, was seen around an abandoned quarry near Masinagudi town in a patch of revenue land.