Order issued to shoot man-eating tiger in Corbett reserve

The Uttarakhand forest department today issued an order to shoot a tiger which has killed three women in the past month and a half in the Corbett Tiger Reserve area.

Chief wildlife warden Srikant Chandola said the order to shoot the 'man-eater', which is active in Sundarkhal, Garjia and Dhikuli ranges of the tiger reserve, have been issued.

A team of hunters has been sent to the jungles to kill the big cat.

Meanwhile, three forest teams have been pressed into service to look for the remains of a woman who was devoured by the tiger in the Garjia area when she was returning after fetching fodder for her cattle last evening, he said.

On November 12 and 18, the tiger killed two other women in the area in separate incidents.

Tiger strays into village

KOLKATA: A tiger strayed into Mathurakhanda village on Bali island, Gosaba, in South 24-Parganas on Thursday evening.

The tiger had killed a goat and after finding its pugmark in the village, residents alarmed forest officials. The forest department sent a team to trap the tiger, but till late night, they had failed to spot the big cat. Forest officials said they would tranquilize the tiger, for which the team, equipped with tranquilizing guns and trap cages, was searching the village island.

This year, there have been more than 10 cases of tigers straying into Sunderbans villages, which are located close to the forests. This has triggered a major problem for villagers dwelling close to the woods as tigers often attack cattle and even them.