Tigers of Central India

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Tigers carries off woman in western Jharkhand
December 10, 2019

A tiger attacked and killed a woman in Kushwar village under Jharkhand's Ramkanda police station area on Tuesday. Kalashia was cooking meat when the tiger smelled it from a distance. The tiger finally came to her hut in search of flesh and seeing her inside the animal attacked her. Upon hearing her screaming, people ran to the place from where the voices came. They even saw the tiger taking her away into the forest.

According to forest department officials it could have been a leopard, not a tiger that killed the woman.

Pregnant tigress spotted in Palamu Tiger Reserve
25th December 2019

Tigress photographed in '87 by now retired forest officer Sangam Lahiry

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In a major relief to forest officials in Jharkhand, a tigress has been spotted at the Betla reserve forest, under Palamu Tiger Reserve, in Palamu. The presence of five tigers in the state was declared earlier, but it was not clear about their whereabouts. The image of the tigress roaming around in the woods was captured by a camera trap put up by the officials. Officials also claimed that the tigress is pregnant. Notably, it is after about five years that a tiger has been spotted in PTR. Reply