Man-Animal Interaction: Conflict & Coexistance

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Tiger gatecrashes wedding in MP; runs off to Maharastra
Dec 14, 2017, 11:40 IST

A cctv image captured the tiger casually rotting through the venue.

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NAGPUR: A full-grown male tiger from Madhya Pradesh's Katangi forest area, broke into a wedding reception in full swing before entering the Nakadongri range in Bhandara forest division of Maharastra, where it injured a woman, two days ago. The area is adjoining Pench Tiger Reserve.

The couple are going to remember their wedding all too well, as a big cat entered into their wedding reception in MP. Later it moved away in Maharastra. Around 5am on Wednesday, it attacked Shantabai Zingru Karkade of Sundartola village who had gone to answer nature's call. She has been admitted at a government hospital in Tumsar.
Bhandara forest officials and wildlife NGOs monitoring the big cat say the tiger stays close to human settlements and is attracted to light.

Balaghat (MP) chief conservator of forests (CCF) Dhirendra Bhargava admits it is a "bold" tiger that even walks through village roads. He added that a team had been monitoring the tiger since this monsoon but said the tiger's past could not be traced. "It is possible that it has been pushed out of its territory by a younger tiger," he said.

The tiger not being afraid of humans was evident when it sneaked into a marriage reception in Masulkhapa village in MP and caused panic. "The reception was on when the tiger entered the pandal. Villagers shouted and ran helter-skelter, before finally driving away the tiger towards the forest," said a volunteer of Bhandara's Save Ecosystem And Tiger.
Bhandara deputy conservator of forests Vivek Hoshing said a seven-member committee has been constituted under him to monitor the tiger. He said three separate teams are monitoring the tiger. "The behaviour of the tiger seems unusual," said Hoshing. Reply