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South China Morning Post
23-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Indian mob of 1,000 kills and mutilates endangered Bengal tiger, sparking outrage
A mob of 1,000 people killed and mutilated an endangered Royal Bengal tiger in a village in northeastern India , hacking off it body parts as trophies in a grisly act of retribution that has raised an outcry among politicians and conservationists. The villagers, armed with machetes, spears and iron rods, chased the male tiger into a wooded area roughly 20km (12 miles) from Kaziranga National Park – a Unesco World Heritage site and protected tiger reserve in Assam – early Thursday morning. By the time authorities arrived, the mob had hacked the tiger to death and taken away its legs, ears, teeth, claws and patches of skin, according to the Times of India newspaper. The animal had reportedly terrorised the area for months – attacking livestock and allegedly killing a man just days before the incident, the English daily Assam Tribune reported. Locals had been aware of the tiger's presence since early May and had prepared weapons in advance. When they received word of its location at about 6am on Thursday, they went on a hunt. A Royal Bengal tiger in Bandhavgarh National Park, India. Photo: Tamara Hinson Three forest rangers were injured trying to protect the animal, divisional forest officer Gunadip Das told The Times of India. Authorities have opened an investigation into the killing and arrested one man so far.
BBC News
23-05-2025
- BBC News
Assam: Village mob kills Royal Bengal tiger in India's north east
A Royal Bengal tiger was killed and dismembered by a mob in India's north eastern state of Assam, a forest official has residents from a village in the Golaghat district reportedly took the step because the tiger had killed livestock in the area and posed a threat to their lives. The state's forest department has registered a of man-animal conflict are not new to Assam. This is the third tiger killing that has been reported this year. Top forest official Gunadeep Das told Times of India newspaper that the tiger had died from sharp wounds and not carcass was later recovered in the presence of a magistrate, reports say. Mr Das told a local newspaper that "around a thousand people had gathered to kill the tiger" and that some of them attacked the tiger with machetes. He added that the tiger's carcass had been sent for an Saikia, a lawmaker from Assam state condemned the killing on X. He shared a video that showed the purported dead body of the tiger with parts of its skin, face and legs missing. The BBC has not independently verified the video. "This is a very painful act. The Earth is not only for humans, it is for animals as well," he said in the post, adding that strict action will be taken against those involved in the forest official, Sonali Ghosh told local media that the origins of the tiger were unclear. According to reports, the animal was killed about 20km (12 miles) away from the Kaziranga National data by Assam's forest department shows the population of tigers in the state has steadily increased from just 70 in 2006 to 190 in 2019 due to various conservation instances of tigers being killed due to conflict with villagers have been often reported in the media, which could be because of shrinking habitat and lack of protection of tiger corridors between different national parks in the state. Tigers are a protected species under India's Wildlife Protection Act (1972), which prohibits poaching, hunting and trade of tiger parts.
