Tigers in Pilibhit tiger reserve kill 7 villagers - panic in the air

Pilibhit tiger reserve is facing the terror of a tiger believed to be a "man-eater". It is on the prowl and has already killed seven villagers in the last three months. There is almost a tiger curfew in the thirty villages of the area. Moreover, some feel there is more than one tiger involved.
The farmers muster attend to their fields during the day and in tight little bands armed with whatever weapons they can manage. Children go to school under escort, or are just kept at home.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 19 February 2017.

A forest department team managed to corner and tranquilise a tiger which is believed to have killed six villagers since November 28. It was then sent to Lucknow Zoo. But, there was a seventh killing on February 16 and forest officials did not arrange for a second hunt because the woman who was killed had crossed the outer boundary of the reserve and had gone inside to a distance of 300 m. The tiger did not enter a human settlement.
There are six teams led by experts who are monitoring the villages and are trying to fence the forest area. There are 44 tigers in the reserve and nine cubs had been spotted. Since the villagers are unable to protect their fields at night, animals like nilgai and wild boars are destroying the crops.


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