9 May 2020



There has been a surge in the number of tiger attacks in Maharashtra during the lockdown, said the chief wildlife warden of the state forest department. Following representations from local villagers, one tigress, suspected of killing at least two people, has been tranquilised and sent to Gorewada Zoo in Nagpur. Twelve people have died due to tiger attacks during the lockdown in Maharashtra.

Between March 23 and May 2, 11 deaths were recorded in five districts – two in Gadchiroli; two in Gondia; two in Bhandara; one in Pench Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra); and four in Chandrapur district (including two deaths in the buffer zone of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve). All the deaths were of people who had entered protected areas to collect Mahua flowers or tendu leaves, the forest department said..

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