Wayanad’s ‘man-eater’ tiger dead
WAYANAD, Jan 27: A ‘man-eater’ tiger that killed a woman two days ago was found dead in Kerala’s Wayanad on Monday and an autopsy on the dead cat revealed the presence of the victim’s hair, dress, and a pair of earrings in its stomach, forest officials said. The woman who had gone to collect coffee beans on a forest-fringed estate was attacked by the tiger. The female tiger, estimated to be four to five years old, was spotted and tracked by a team of wildlife personnel in the early hours of Monday, but was later found motionless behind a house in an inhabited area. After a post-mortem was carried out, forest officials said that the fresh, deep wounds found on the neck of the carcass were the cause of its death. It was assumed that the injuries occurred during a territorial fight with another tiger in the deep forest, they said. The death of the woman triggered protest in the area, forcing the state government to declare the tiger as a ‘man-eater’ on Sunday and schedule it for culling. (PTI)
