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After Avni in Maharashtra, Tiger Killed by Villagers in UP Reserve

The villagers killed the tiger after it mauled a man to death in Uttar Pradesh’s Dudhwa Tiger Reserve. 

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Two days after hunters shot dead tigress Avni in Maharashtra, villagers crushed a tiger to death in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh's Philbhit district. The incident took place on Sunday, 4 November, after the tiger allegedly mauled a 50-year-old man who later succumbed to his injuries, reported the Hindustan Times.

According to the HT report, while the reserve authorities were rushing fifty-year-old Devanand to hospital, the villagers surrounded the tiger and crushed it to death with a tractor.

Ramesh Kumar Pandey, Field Director of the reserve, said the spot where the incident took place was in the core zone of the tiger reserve.

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“An FIR will be lodged under the Wildlife Protection Act and appropriate action taken. The killing of a tiger inside a protected area is a serious offence.”
Rakesh Kumar Pandey, Field Director, Dudhwa Tiger Reserve

The tiger, India’s national animal, is categorised as a ‘Schedule One’ species of endangered animals under the Act. There are only 3,900 tigers left in the world.

The World Wildlife Fund told HT:

“As tigers continue to lose their habitat and prey species, they are increasingly coming into conflict with humans as they attack domestic animals – and sometimes people. In retaliation, tigers are often killed by angry villagers.”

(With inputs from Hindustan Times.)

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