A shepherd was mauled to death by a tiger in the buffer zone of Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya Pradesh’s Umaria district, triggering protests from villagers against the man-animal conflict in the region.
“A tiger killed a shepherd in the park’s buffer zone on Saturday evening. We got the message around 5 P.M.. We recovered the body of shepherd Sonalal Rai from the forests an hour later,” Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve field director C. H. Murlikrishna told PTI over phone from Umaria.
Rai had gone to the forest to graze his cattle when the feline attacked him near Parasi turn. Two other persons with him, however, escaped unhurt, the director said.
Following the incident, the villagers blocked State Highway 11 at Dhamokher crossing for over two hours on Saturday night. -PTI
