Tiger toll 22 this year, Maha accounts for 30% big cat deaths
At the same time, at least 22 humans have been killed in Chandrapur district alone this year due to the increasing man-animal conflict. TOI had reported that in the last three years alone, around 225 human beings were killed by wild animals, with a majority being tigers, in Maharashtra.
NTCA data up to May 16, shows that 22 tiger deaths were predominantly in Vidarbha. Only one tiger death happened outside of Vidarbha, as per NTCA data details.
Tiger deaths have occurred due to various reasons which include poaching, territorial fights and even electrocution near farmlands as villagers set up illegal electric fences.
Chandrapur district, which is home to Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), has already become a conflict zone in the friction between wildlife and humans. Local MLAs have vociferously attributed the presence of 'excess' tigers in the region as the reason behind these conflicts.
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Chandrapur MLA Kishore Jorgewar said, "The man-animal conflict will keep on rising till translocation of tigers does not happen. We have too many tigers here and some are living their entire lives in urban periphery because there is no space for them. There is no need to acquire more land for forest, simply shift these tigers to other places where the numbers are less."
Former cabinet minister and Bramhapuri MLA Vijay Wadettiwar, in whose constituency three women were killed by a tiger recently, said, "Forest department cannot keep ignoring such a serious issue citing bureaucratic process. We need these tigers shifted, right now."
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