<p>Bhandara, Dec 13 (PTI) Videos of people taking selfies with a sub-adult tiger in Bhandara district of eastern Maharashtra have gone viral, prompting the forest department to monitor its movements and proposing its transfer to another forest range.</p>.<p>The tiger, about 18 to 19 months old, is on the verge of separation from its mother, and searching for its own territory, a forest official said on Friday, adding that its behaviour was unusual in that it did not seem to be getting disturbed when people were near it.</p>.<p>A video, shot in Borgaon area of Adyal forest range two days ago, showed local people taking photos and selfies from as close as 10 meters while the tiger rested after a cattle kill.</p>.<p>Rahul Gawai, deputy conservator of forest, Bhandara, said it is the cub of a tigress known as BT-10.</p>.<p>It has killed 13 to 14 cattle by entering villages, the official said.</p>.<p>The forest department is taking precautions, but since there are villages in the area, people reach the spot whenever there is a cattle kill or whenever the tiger is spotted, he said.</p>.<p>A dedicated team is stationed in Adyal forest range to monitor the tiger and the police help with crowd management whenever the tiger attracts people's attention, the official said.</p>.<p>A proposal has been sent to higher authorities to shift the animal elsewhere, Gawai added. PTI CLS KRK</p>
<p>Bhandara, Dec 13 (PTI) Videos of people taking selfies with a sub-adult tiger in Bhandara district of eastern Maharashtra have gone viral, prompting the forest department to monitor its movements and proposing its transfer to another forest range.</p>.<p>The tiger, about 18 to 19 months old, is on the verge of separation from its mother, and searching for its own territory, a forest official said on Friday, adding that its behaviour was unusual in that it did not seem to be getting disturbed when people were near it.</p>.<p>A video, shot in Borgaon area of Adyal forest range two days ago, showed local people taking photos and selfies from as close as 10 meters while the tiger rested after a cattle kill.</p>.<p>Rahul Gawai, deputy conservator of forest, Bhandara, said it is the cub of a tigress known as BT-10.</p>.<p>It has killed 13 to 14 cattle by entering villages, the official said.</p>.<p>The forest department is taking precautions, but since there are villages in the area, people reach the spot whenever there is a cattle kill or whenever the tiger is spotted, he said.</p>.<p>A dedicated team is stationed in Adyal forest range to monitor the tiger and the police help with crowd management whenever the tiger attracts people's attention, the official said.</p>.<p>A proposal has been sent to higher authorities to shift the animal elsewhere, Gawai added. PTI CLS KRK</p>