Indian police kill a man-eating tiger, killing 10 villagers after a 28-day marathon hunt

Foreign news agencies reported that Bihar police special operations teams have killed a male Bengal tiger, who has killed 10 people and the pets of villagers near the area.tiger sanctuary ‘Valkymi’ has already taken a large amount. Last Saturday (October 8, 2022), following a long hunt for 28 days, covering an area of ​​more than 30 square kilometers.

Officers go out to hunt down this tiger. which was called ‘T-104’ for the last time on Saturday. A few hours following it was reported that It killed a woman and her daughter. More than 200 police officers and two elephants surrounded a sugarcane plantation in its hideout near the village of Sitaltola Baluwa for hours. Before the tiger ended his life with three bullets at 3:15 p.m. local time.

Mr. Kumar Gupta, Chief Wildlife Conservation Officer ofBihartold the Times of India that the three-year-old male tiger, also nicknamed ‘man-eating tigerof the province of Champaran’ (Champaran) is classified as a creature that is dangerous to humans. and the officers decided to kill it following attempting to fire a sedative dart. fail The tiger showed no fear of the guards surrounding it.

Mr Gupta also confirmed that So far, there is no information that indicates the 10 deaths or some. Died from attacks by other tigers.

India is home to more than 70% of the world’s total tiger population. There are several tiger sanctuaries. But these zones are not expanding at the same rate as the number of tigers increases. Causing the tigers to live in the land occupied by humans in order to survive And there are times when humans are beaten to death. India’s government statistics in 2019 show that 40-50 people are killed each year by tigers.

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