Tiger Predation

[Rishi]

Remember that @BARKA guy? His rants made me look into the recent reports of tigers preying on elephants. 
I stumbled upon two such not-so-recent cases from Indian newspapers.

Quote:Tiger kills elephant at Eravikulam park
Published: 02nd June 2009 12:27 AM  |  

KOCHI: In a rare incident, a tusker was killed by a tiger inside the Eravikulam Wildlife Park near Munnar on Monday.
Forest officials said the body of the tusker was found by the forest watchman of the area. A team of officials, along with veterinary doctors, have gone to the spot to conduct a postmortem.


“We believe that only one tiger was involved in the attack as there are only pug marks of one tiger,” he said.

Quote:Tiger kills elephant in Corbett Reserve
PTI
RISHIKESH (UTTARAKHAND):, JANUARY 29, 2011 01:22 IST

A 20-year-old female elephant has been killed by a tiger in the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR), a forest official said.

The half-eaten body of the pachyderm was found by a forest patrolling team on Friday morning, Uttarakhand Chief Wildlife Warden Srikant Chandola said.

“The killing of elephant calves by a tiger is a common incident in jungles, but this is a very rare incident when the tiger has attacked and killed adult elephant,” he added.

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