Overview

• A 55-year-old shepherd, Bandu Urade, was killed, and his kin, Kishore Urade, injured in a tiger attack on May 22 in Kosambi Chek village, Chandrapur district.
• This latest incident brings the total number of tiger-related fatalities in Chandrapur to nine since May 10, including five deaths in a three-day span earlier this month.
• The Forest Department has installed seven camera traps in the area to monitor tiger movements and provided an initial compensation of ₹50,000 to the victim's family.
• Fatal encounters often occur as villagers engage in forest-dependent activities like cattle grazing and tendu leaf collection, highlighting the risks faced by local communities.
• Experts and local leaders are calling for tiger translocation and livelihood reforms to mitigate the escalating human-wildlife conflict in the region.