Bigcats News

[Pckts]

*This image is copyright of its original author

It is a widely known fact that tigers, specifically Bengal tigers, are facing the threat of extinction. So it comes as terrible news that one tigress was shot dead in Nagaland on Monday. 
On Monday, the tigress, who had entered Medziphema Village, 30 km away from Dimapur, was killed. According to reports, one person was attacked on Monday morning by the tiger and the people, in self defence were forced to shoot the tiger.
The district administration confirmed the news and said the tigeress seriously wounded a man and killed two pigs and a cow after it entered the village on Friday night. The locals said, ‘We had no intention to kill the animal but scare and chase it away. Unfortunately, shots were fired to save the youth.’ 


It is believed that the dead tigeress was a Bengal tigeress. It was handed over to Wildlife Warden Dimapur Division for disposal, ADC Medziphema said. They will dispose the tiger after necessary formalities and post-mortem in the presence of a magistrate. ADC said that the Wildlife department officials rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation.  

Read the entire post here.

*This image is copyright of its original author

Horrific. Villagers In Nagaland Kill The First Royal Bengal Tiger Spotted In The State, Parade Carcass


Nagaland : The villagers of Medziphema on Monday killed a tiger inside the nearby forests covering the village. Since last week, the tiger had mauled a resident of the village and killed livestock, according to the villagers.
On Monday morning the Medziphema village council gathered the village youths and send them off to the jungles “to chase off the tiger.” They reiterated that their intention was not to kill the animal but only to chase it away.
However, the tiger had reportedly attacked the group of youths which forced them to fire in retaliation and kill it. The corpse of the tiger was brought to the village council hall at around 4 pm. The state Forest department has taken possession of the tiger’s corpse, it was informed.

http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/hor...51428.html Reply