CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF A DANGEROUS KIND Feb 1, 2019: Furious villagers

Nov 5, 2018: Villagers crushed a tigress to death with a tractor in Uttar Pradesh’s Dudhwa Tiger Reserve area.

Jan 31, 2019: A leopard injured six people in Jalandhar city as it went on the prowl for around five hours before it was tranquilised. beat to death a leopard in front of forest officials after it emerged from Jaldapara National Park (northern West Bengal) and entered a village.

Feb 1, 2019: In Hasuru (Karnataka), villagers in the periphery of Nagarhole tiger reserve wanted a captured tiger, shot dead, blaming it for killing three men within a month.