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A royal Bengal tiger was killed and explained by a crowd in the northeastern state of Assam in India, said a forest officer.
Angry residents from a village in the Golaghat district reportedly took the step because the tiger had killed the cattle in the area and was a threat to their lives.
The forest department of the state has registered a case.
Cases of man-animal conflicts are not new to Assam. This is the third tiger murder that was reported this year.
Top Forest Official Gunadeep Das told Times of India -Krant that the tiger had died of sharp wounds and no gunshots.
The carcass was later restored in the presence of a magistrate, say reports.
Mr that told a local newspaper That “about a thousand people had gathered to kill the tiger” and that some of them attacked the tiger with machetes. He added that the carcass of the tiger was sent for an autopsy.
Mrinal Saikia, a legislator from Assam State condemned the murder of X. He shared a video that lacked the alleged dead body of the tiger with parts of his skin, face and legs.
The BBC has not verified the video independently.
“This is a very painful act. The earth is not only for people, it is also for animals,” he said in the post, adding that strict action will be taken to those involved in the murder.
Another forest officer, Sonali Ghosh, the local media told that the origin of the tiger was unclear. According to reports, the animal was killed about 20 km (12 miles) from the Kaziranga National Park.
Last data The forest department of Assam shows that the population of tigers in the state has steadily increased from only 70 in 2006 to 190 in 2019 due to various conservation efforts.
Cases of tigers who are killed because of conflicts with villagers often reported In the media, which can be due to shrinking habitat and lack of protection of tiger corridors between different national parks in the state.
Tigers are a protected species among India’s Wildlife Protection Act (1972), which prohibits poaching, hunting and trade of tiger components.
