Man-eater Tiger

Kerala Forest Minister AK Saseendran today said the tiger responsible for killing a man in Wayanad a few days ago has been identified as a 13-year-old male tiger (WWL 45), listed in the forest department's database.

According to the provision of the Wildlife Act, the Chief Wildlife Warden may permit hunting of any wild animal specified in Schedule I, if it has become dangerous to human life.

The Maharashtra forest department on Thursday tranquilised and captured 'conflict tiger' CT-1 after it had killed 13 persons in Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts in the state's Vidarbha region, an official said.

The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu Forest Department not to kill a tiger immediately as it may not be a man-eater tiger.

The female cub of tigress Avni,who was shot dead after being declared a man-eater in November 2018, has been released into the wild in the Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) of Maharashtra's Nagpur district after over two years of "re-wilding" efforts, authorities said.

The Supreme Court today issued a contempt notice to nine persons, mostly Maharashtra government officials, in connection with the killing of Avni, an adult tigress, in Maharashtra in 2018. While the court sought evidence to confirm whether or not the big cat was a man-eater, its notification demanded answers on the reward given out for the act in v...

A man-eater tiger, which had killed at least eight persons in the last 21 months, was captured by the forest department in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district on Tuesday, an official said.

An elusive man-eater tiger was caught on camera at Bandipur in Karnataka, said an official on Saturday. "One of the camera traps in Mel Kamanahalli captured the tiger earlier in the day," said Sanjay Mohan, a wildlife official.

The final report of the National Tiger Conservation Authority's (NTCA) fact-finding committee has raised questions over the way 'man-eater' tigress Avni was killed in Maharashtra last month.

The orphaned cubs of a man-eating tiger killed in a state-sanctioned hunt have been spotted in a forest in Maharashtra and could be rescued and rehabilitated, officials said Thursday.

The killing of the man-eater tigress Avni has emerged into a full blown war of words between the forest minister in the BJP-led Maharashtra government and union minister Maneka Gandhi. A day after Ms Gandhi called the shooting Avni a "ghastly murder" and a "straight case of crime", the Maharashtra minister said that the Centre should now on take de...

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Sunday lashed out at the BJP-led Maharashtra government over the "ghastly murder" of man-eating tigress Avni, calling it a "straight case of crime".

Rangers hunting a man-eating tiger are considering deploying an unusual weapon to lure the big cat -- Calvin Klein cologne, an official said today.

The states should not fear if a matter is pending before the Supreme Court as it is not a "man-eating tiger", the top court has said.

Four elephants will be deployed to trap tigers which have reportedly killed 13 persons in the last few months in the Ralegaon-Kelapur forest belt of Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, a senior official said on Sunday.

Kerala Forest Minister AK Saseendran today said the tiger responsible for killing a man in Wayanad a few days ago has been identified as a 13-year-old male tiger (WWL 45), listed in the forest department's database.

According to the provision of the Wildlife Act, the Chief Wildlife Warden may permit hunting of any wild animal specified in Schedule I, if it has become dangerous to human life.

The Maharashtra forest department on Thursday tranquilised and captured 'conflict tiger' CT-1 after it had killed 13 persons in Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts in the state's Vidarbha region, an official said.

The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu Forest Department not to kill a tiger immediately as it may not be a man-eater tiger.

The female cub of tigress Avni,who was shot dead after being declared a man-eater in November 2018, has been released into the wild in the Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) of Maharashtra's Nagpur district after over two years of "re-wilding" efforts, authorities said.

The Supreme Court today issued a contempt notice to nine persons, mostly Maharashtra government officials, in connection with the killing of Avni, an adult tigress, in Maharashtra in 2018. While the court sought evidence to confirm whether or not the big cat was a man-eater, its notification demanded answers on the reward given out for the act in v...

A man-eater tiger, which had killed at least eight persons in the last 21 months, was captured by the forest department in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district on Tuesday, an official said.

An elusive man-eater tiger was caught on camera at Bandipur in Karnataka, said an official on Saturday. "One of the camera traps in Mel Kamanahalli captured the tiger earlier in the day," said Sanjay Mohan, a wildlife official.

The final report of the National Tiger Conservation Authority's (NTCA) fact-finding committee has raised questions over the way 'man-eater' tigress Avni was killed in Maharashtra last month.

The orphaned cubs of a man-eating tiger killed in a state-sanctioned hunt have been spotted in a forest in Maharashtra and could be rescued and rehabilitated, officials said Thursday.

The killing of the man-eater tigress Avni has emerged into a full blown war of words between the forest minister in the BJP-led Maharashtra government and union minister Maneka Gandhi. A day after Ms Gandhi called the shooting Avni a "ghastly murder" and a "straight case of crime", the Maharashtra minister said that the Centre should now on take de...

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Sunday lashed out at the BJP-led Maharashtra government over the "ghastly murder" of man-eating tigress Avni, calling it a "straight case of crime".

Rangers hunting a man-eating tiger are considering deploying an unusual weapon to lure the big cat -- Calvin Klein cologne, an official said today.

The states should not fear if a matter is pending before the Supreme Court as it is not a "man-eating tiger", the top court has said.

Four elephants will be deployed to trap tigers which have reportedly killed 13 persons in the last few months in the Ralegaon-Kelapur forest belt of Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, a senior official said on Sunday.