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    Tiger attacks are a form of human–wildlife conflict which have killed more humans than attacks by any of the other big cats, with the majority of these attacks occurring in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Southeast Asia.

    • Fears of Tiger Attacks Grip Villagers
    • Tigers Invade Thermal Power Plant
    • 'Dangerous and frightening'

    In the small village of Bhatali, located west of the reserve, fear of running into a tiger or a leopard has become commonplace. "Nobody can walk out on the streets after dark," said Shubanji Tijale, 25, while clutching her two-year-old son in her arms. "That's when the tigers and bears come." The town, surrounded by jungle, is located in the buffer...

    Even the grounds of Chandrapur's coal-fired thermal power plant have been overrun by tigers, eight of which have now moved in among the surrounding lush vegetation. It's become such a problem that local officials started expanding the barrier wall around the plant last year, making it higher to provide extra protection from tigers. It's not exactly...

    In the meantime, the state's forestry department is expanding a volunteer team that works to reach out to some of the 106 villages within the wildlife reserve's buffer zone to track tiger sightings and hopefully help curb any future conflict. On an afternoon in September, in Nimbala village, located a mere 100 metres from the reserve, villagers loo...

  3. Jan 10, 2023 · Conflict in MP. Madhya Pradesh (MP) has the highest tiger population in the country and is home to six tiger reserves – Kanha, Pench, Panna, Bandhavgarh, Satpura and Sanjay-Dubri. Therefore it is no surprise that more protected areas mean more tussles for space between humans and tigers.

  4. Feb 21, 2023 · Predatory attacks by tigers, leopards and wolfs – when animals target humans as food – were especially frequent in India. Attacks by tigers in the Sundarbans and by leopards in the Kashmir ...

  5. Apr 26, 2023 · Residents of 24 villages in Uttarakhands Pauri Garhwal district are living in high alert after two elderly men were reported dead by tiger attacks in the last fortnight. Tiger attacks are unknown in the region, raising concerns about the big cats looking for new homes outside protected areas.

  6. Oct 23, 2019 · The year 2019 has seen the highest number of human fatalities connected to tiger attacks in and around Ranthambore National Park, one of the biggest wildlife sanctuaries and tiger reserves in Northern India.

  7. Mar 6, 2024 · Of these, the biggest concentration of wild tigers in the world is found in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, a series of contiguous protected areas that sprawl across Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil...