Tiger kills man in wildlife park
December 12th, 2010 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANSLucknow, Dec 12 (IANS) A 40-year-old man was Sunday killed by a tiger in the Katarniya Ghat Tiger reserve in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district.Identified as Data Ram, Sunday’s victim was a resident of Karikot village near the India-Nepal border. The incident took place about 140 km from here.
This is stated to be the seventh human kill by a tiger in the region this year. The victims include two young boys. As many as 15 people were wounded.
Tanveer Hasan, the World Wildlife Fund observer in Katarniya Ghat, said the man had gone deep into the forest to collect firewood when the tiger pounced on him.
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