Overview

• Four women were killed in two separate tiger attacks in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district over the weekend, with three victims mauled by a single tiger and another by a different tiger.
• In Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district, a tiger fatally attacked 50-year-old Hemlata Daharwal while she was collecting tendu leaves, a vital source of income for villagers.
• A forest ranger, Devendra Chaudhary, was killed by a tiger in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore National Park, marking the second fatal tiger attack in the park in less than a month.
• Authorities in Chandrapur have deployed camera traps to identify the tigers involved and are seeking permission to tranquilize and capture them as local leaders demand stronger safety measures.
• India’s increasing tiger population, a conservation success, has led to more frequent and deadly human-wildlife encounters, particularly in areas where villagers depend on forest resources for their livelihoods.