Tigers of Central India

[Rishi]

(06-15-2021, 03:53 AM)Matias Wrote:

(06-14-2021, 09:44 PM)Rishi Wrote: Whether he'd eaten the man is not consequential. As per Indian protocol, a tiger is given 3 chances. After which it out branded a repeat offender who's used to killing humans (&is likely to kill more if situation arises). Ustad of Ranthambore was one such case.

hello Rish

Interesting this protocol, please give more details.

I wonder if it's something rigid, like every tiger can kill up to 3 people before being eliminated/removed or the circumstantial situation caused by a successful attack can also be enough to take drastic action. With the exception of tigers that move in the core of the reserves, the vast majority of them have some form of contact with humans and, very few, become man-eaters. "With spaces being reduced, human populations on the rise, prey poaching, climate pressure, in keeping with the ecology of tigers and their natural survival challenges, the outlook is for conflicts to increase over time."

Removals are expensive and their results questionable. It's a difficult decision: wait for a new attack or take a preemptive decision. When killing a human, many questions are revealed as predictors. Ustad "lost patience with intense human harassment"-stress shaped his behavior?.

The older notion of tigers getting addicted to human flesh (as if we're made of cocaine) turned out to be false, as there have been several cases reported over the years that tigers killed & partially eaten a man.. but then never repeated.
Man-eaters probably don't exist. There are just tigers who have lost their taboo about engaging people. A 2nd chance & another one is given, but no more. If further attacks happen by the same animal, whatever the reason, then you cannot risk it.

We have more than thousand tigers living in our forests sharing the land with humans, but ever few years there's a conflict animal or two. Tigers have varied personalities, some of them just are like that. It's safer to just eliminate them ASAP & bring back normalcy in the region.


PS: Same went for Ustad. If one out of 50 tigers living in the same area has a human-killing problem, then the problem lies with it only. Reply