• News home
  • About us
  • Our bios
  • Contact us
  • Cats
  • Disasters
  • Pit bull data
  • How to help us
  • Follow us!

Animals 24-7

News on dogs, cats, horses, wildlife, zoonoses, & nature

  • USA
  • Asia/Pacific
  • Africa
  • The Americas
  • Europe
  • Obituaries
  • Please donate!
  • Search this site

Forest watcher B. Suresh, 26, was among tiger victims

February 14, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

(Beth Clifton photo)

                  B. Suresh,  26,  a forest watcher at the Balle-Moorkal camp west of Nagarahole National Park,  India,  was on the morning of November 30,  2013 the third of five people killed by tigers in or near the intersection of Nagarahole and the Bandipur Tiger Reserve.

Suresh was killed 48 hours after a farmer and an indigenous herder were killed in separate incidents about 20 miles away.  Another farmer was killed three days later.  His death,  and those of the first two victims,  were attributed to a tiger who was tranquilized and netted on December 4,  2013.

Transferred to the Mysore Zoo,  the tiger was found to have been starving because of the effects of having a mouthful of porcupine quills.

Beth & Merritt Clifton

Beth & Merritt Clifton.
(Geoff Geiger photo)

The tiger who attacked Suresh remained officially unidentified,  but another tiger killed a farmer on December 27,  2013,  and was captured and transferred to Bannerghatta National Park on December 31,  2013.

A third “maneater” tiger was shot on January 23,  2014  near Kappachi village in Udhagamandalam,  after killing two women and a man in three weeks.  That tiger was found to have a jaw injury that would have interfered with hunting normal tiger prey.

A fourth “maneater” at the end of February 2014 had killed 11 people in seven weeks,  yet remained at large near Maniawala,  Uttarakhand.

Please donate to support our work: 

http://www.animals24-7.org/donate/

Related Posts

  • 98 alleged cockfighters busted; got only $50 fines & kept birds98 alleged cockfighters busted; got only $50 fines & kept birds
  • “Return-to-field” = animal control neglect of duty,  two cases allege“Return-to-field” = animal control neglect of duty, two cases allege
  • Roberta Kalechofsky, 90, interpreted Judaism in animal rights contextRoberta Kalechofsky, 90, interpreted Judaism in animal rights context
  • Who shot pregnant harbor seals?  Thomas Sewid encouraged it.Who shot pregnant harbor seals? Thomas Sewid encouraged it.
  • 2nd fatal dog attack of 2023,  like the first,  kills child out past sunset2nd fatal dog attack of 2023, like the first, kills child out past sunset
  • More predators in animal charity than remain in the wildMore predators in animal charity than remain in the wild

Share this:

  • Tweet

Related

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, India, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Tigers, Wildlife Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Suresh

Quick links to coverage of dangerous dogs

FREE SUBSCRIPTION!!!

Obits & Memorials

  • Memorials
  • Obituaries (animals)
  • Obituaries (human)
  • Email alert list – Sign up today!
  • Our biographies
  • Memorials
  • Pit bull data
  • Black history & animals
  • Search this site

©

Copyright 2014-2023

Animals 24-7 · All Rights Reserved · Admin

 

Loading Comments...