A 42-year-old man died after being attacked by a wild elephant that strayed into human settlement near Mananthavady here on Saturday morning, police said.
The incident took place on Saturday night in Belgaon village under Manendragarh forest range when a wild tusker entered the under-construction house of Gulab Singh Gond and trampled him and his 6-year-old daughter Shanu to death.
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‘Increasing sightings in estates indicate they are trying to occupy new territory’
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A recent analysis of tiger population in Nagarahole found that the national park had 125 tigers and the density was 11.82 tigers per 100 sq km.
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SRIRAM MA
‘Increasing sightings in estates indicate they are trying to occupy new territory’
Following the two human deaths due to tiger attacks within a span of 12 hours in Kodagu last weekend, questions are being asked on whether the forests have reached their ecological carrying capacity and should tigers be translocated.
While Kodagu is known to be an epicentre of human-elephant conflict, there is an increase in frequency with which tigers are straying into villages in recent years. In the last year alone, three human deaths have taken place due to tiger attacks in villages bordering Nagarahole.