Killer tiger resurfaces in Kodagu

TNN | Jan 10, 2012, 01.56AM IST MADIKERI: The tiger, which attacked and injured three buffaloes on Friday, killed a cow on Saturday night at Netkundh near Birunani in South Kodagu. Chottangada Rohith found the half-eaten carcass of his cow near its shed. People in South Kodagu are fearful because the tiger, which claimed several [...]

Fisherman killed by tiger in Sunderbans

Ananya Dutta KOLKATA, October 17, 2011 A fisherman was killed by a tiger deep inside the forests of the Sunderban Biosphere Reserve on Sunday.  Satyabrata Jana of Kultuli had gone fishing with four others in the Gazikhali forest area within the Sajnekhali wildlife sanctuary. They had spread their nets in the waters and were sitting [...]

Bengkulu farmer killed in tiger attack

The Jakarta Post | Mon, 09/12/2011 8:00 AM Jakarta: The body of Milyan, an 18 year-old resident of Pino Baru village in South Bengkulu Regent, Bengkulu, was found dead after apparently being mauled by a tiger, his family reported. “He was attacked when he was alone in the coffee plantation,” Milyan’s aunt Surainah said Sunday, [...]

Malaysia tiger mauling stopped by wife with soup ladle

14 February 2011 Last updated at 04:52 ET A man has been rescued from a near-fatal attack by a tiger in northern Malaysia by his wife. She entered the fray wielding a wooden soup ladle at the tiger – which fled. Tambun Gediu, now badly lacerated and recovering in hospital, had tried hitting the tiger [...]

Another buffalo killed by tiger in Charavane

Rajendra P Kerkar, TNN, Feb 7, 2011, 01.19am IST KERI: For Mano Phale a Dhangar-Gouly from Charavane of Chorla ghat, the presence of a big cat within the Mhadei wildlife sanctuary in Sattari has proved costly. Three buffaloes have been devoured by the feline from 2009 to 2011. Two of them very recently. Mano Phale, [...]

Tiger census initial reports show an upward trend in Uttar Pradesh

Published: Sunday, Jan 30, 2011, 11:38 IST Place: Lucknow | Agency: PTI There could be a good news for the wildlife lovers as the preliminary analysis of the ongoing census of tigers in the forests of Uttar Pradesh indicates that their numbers might have increased. The tiger census, which is presently going on through the [...]

Ramesh orders inquiry into Uttarakhand tiger killing

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, January 29, 2011 Uttarakhand government is in dock for pumping over 25 bullets in a tiger at Corbett national park with environment minister Jairam Ramesh seeking a report and BJP MP from the state Tarun Vijay expressing “displeasure”. A tiger, declared as man-eater, was killed near Sunder Khat village [...]

BJP MP laments killing of tiger in Corbett

29/01/2011 New Delhi, Jan 28 (PTI) BJP MP Tarun Vijay today lamented the killing of a tiger by forest officials in Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand and suggested the state government to create a “buffer zone” to facilitate the free movement of big cats. Vijay also asked the BJP-ruled state to relocate the encroachers outside [...]

Tiger kills elephant in Corbett Reserve

News » States » Other States Rishikesh (Uttarakhand), January 29, 2011 PTI A 20-year-old female elephant has been killed by a tiger in the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR), a forest official said. The half-eaten body of the pachyderm was found by a forest patrolling team on Friday morning, Uttarakhand Chief Wildlife Warden Srikant Chandola said. [...]

Human exposure made man-eater fearless

Human exposure made man-eater fearless TNN, Jan 29, 2011, 04.42am IST LUCKNOW: The man-eater in the Corbett national park had lost the fear for humans. According to officials, it was over-exposure to human population, which had probably made the tiger fearless. This was evident from the ever reducing time gap between the killings. On November [...]