PATNA: A task force of Bihar Police on Saturday shot dead a Royal Bengal tiger that turned into a cannibal and killed 10 people and many domestic animals on the edge of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) after a 28-day marathon hunt. day , crossed more than 30 square kilometers .
Hours after the tiger, identified as T-104 attacked a woman and her daughter, it was shot to death near a village, leading to scenes of fun in many places, where locals scared to go outdoors after dark and lose family members. . “This special reinforcement operation ends here, T-104, determined to be dangerous to human life, was shot down by Bihar-ranked police at 3:15pm,” said the chief of operations. wildlife (Bihar) Prabhat Kumar Gupta told TOI.
The three-year-old male tiger, also known as the ‘man-eater of Champaran’, was born in a sugarcane field and lived most of his life near humans, killing at least 10 people, and dying on one wing. cane field and officials said made eye contact with its hunters even after the end.
The tiger was killed with three bullets after an intense seven-hour hunting campaign involving 400 men. On Saturday morning, the tiger pounced on Parvati Devi (35 years old) and her son Shivam Yadav (8 years old) in Balua village in Bagahi Sakuyati panchayat in Ramnagar area.
‘Killing the tiger is the only option for us’
“The tiger was completely fearless because it didn’t try to run away when surrounded by our teams, including one from Nepal’s Chitwan National Park, from all sides in the sugarcane fields,” said Gupta, the handler. out. ‘shoot now’ orders for the big cat on Friday.
“It dared to face gun-wielding men even when it was surrounded by trained elephants and a large number of officials from the forest department, police as well as the district government,” Gupta said. said, adding that the order to remove the tiger was given as there was enough evidence to be certain that it had become life-threatening.
“This tiger was born and raised in the sugarcane fields on the edge of the VTR. Its mother gave birth to three cubs, one male and one female, into the forest and made it their domain, while the cubs were left with a baby. it stays. It stays outside and grows up near human habitation. When it reaches adulthood, it starts attacking people on the VTR periphery for food,” Gupta said.
When asked about the possibility of another tiger being involved in attacks on humans near the VTR, Gupta said: “Currently, we do not have such information and have sufficient scientific evidence to prove that. This tiger is involved in our recent murder. The anti-poaching team and rangers will be involved with surveillance via camera traps.”
VTR director and wildlife conservationist Nesamani K told TOI that various teams tracked the tiger day and night from the edge of the tiger reserve to nearby villages. “In addition to the tiger’s rapid movement, the constant rainfall in the area was also a challenge. Our attempt was to capture the tiger to the last moment, but it was killed for the safety of the tiger. people,” he said.
The VTR director added that the last manhunt began after 7 a.m. Saturday, shortly after news of the murder of a woman and her son.
Nesamani said: “The whole village was cordoned off and all exits for the tiger were cordoned off. It was surrounded by about 200 men, including police and district government officials and gunmen. on 4 elephants. It was finally killed around 3:15 pm.”
Wildlife supervisor Gupta said an autopsy of the tiger will be carried out by specialist veterinarians at VTR and its organ samples will be sent to the Wildlife Institute of India. (WII), Dehradun, after which the body of the tiger will be buried.
(With input from
Tirthraj Kushwaha in Bagaha)
Hours after the tiger, identified as T-104 attacked a woman and her daughter, it was shot to death near a village, leading to scenes of fun in many places, where locals scared to go outdoors after dark and lose family members. . “This special reinforcement operation ends here, T-104, determined to be dangerous to human life, was shot down by Bihar-ranked police at 3:15pm,” said the chief of operations. wildlife (Bihar) Prabhat Kumar Gupta told TOI.
The three-year-old male tiger, also known as the ‘man-eater of Champaran’, was born in a sugarcane field and lived most of his life near humans, killing at least 10 people, and dying on one wing. cane field and officials said made eye contact with its hunters even after the end.
The tiger was killed with three bullets after an intense seven-hour hunting campaign involving 400 men. On Saturday morning, the tiger pounced on Parvati Devi (35 years old) and her son Shivam Yadav (8 years old) in Balua village in Bagahi Sakuyati panchayat in Ramnagar area.
‘Killing the tiger is the only option for us’
“The tiger was completely fearless because it didn’t try to run away when surrounded by our teams, including one from Nepal’s Chitwan National Park, from all sides in the sugarcane fields,” said Gupta, the handler. out. ‘shoot now’ orders for the big cat on Friday.
“It dared to face gun-wielding men even when it was surrounded by trained elephants and a large number of officials from the forest department, police as well as the district government,” Gupta said. said, adding that the order to remove the tiger was given as there was enough evidence to be certain that it had become life-threatening.
“This tiger was born and raised in the sugarcane fields on the edge of the VTR. Its mother gave birth to three cubs, one male and one female, into the forest and made it their domain, while the cubs were left with a baby. it stays. It stays outside and grows up near human habitation. When it reaches adulthood, it starts attacking people on the VTR periphery for food,” Gupta said.
When asked about the possibility of another tiger being involved in attacks on humans near the VTR, Gupta said: “Currently, we do not have such information and have sufficient scientific evidence to prove that. This tiger is involved in our recent murder. The anti-poaching team and rangers will be involved with surveillance via camera traps.”
VTR director and wildlife conservationist Nesamani K told TOI that various teams tracked the tiger day and night from the edge of the tiger reserve to nearby villages. “In addition to the tiger’s rapid movement, the constant rainfall in the area was also a challenge. Our attempt was to capture the tiger to the last moment, but it was killed for the safety of the tiger. people,” he said.
The VTR director added that the last manhunt began after 7 a.m. Saturday, shortly after news of the murder of a woman and her son.
Nesamani said: “The whole village was cordoned off and all exits for the tiger were cordoned off. It was surrounded by about 200 men, including police and district government officials and gunmen. on 4 elephants. It was finally killed around 3:15 pm.”
Wildlife supervisor Gupta said an autopsy of the tiger will be carried out by specialist veterinarians at VTR and its organ samples will be sent to the Wildlife Institute of India. (WII), Dehradun, after which the body of the tiger will be buried.
(With input from
Tirthraj Kushwaha in Bagaha)
