Elephant and tiger territories are shrinking as India’s growing population encroaches on wild spaces causing an increase in fatalitiesA deadly clash is under way between India’s growing population and its wildlife confined to ever-shrinking forests and grasslands. Data shows that about one person has been killed on average every day for the past three years by roaming tigers or rampaging elephants. Statistics released this week by India’s environment ministry reveal that 1144 people were killed between April 2014 and May 2017. That figure breaks down to 426 human deaths in 2014-15,and 446 the following year. The ministry released only a partial count for 2016-17, with 259 people killed by elephants up to February of this year, and 27 killed by tigers through May. Related: Can elephants and humans live together? Related: Wild tigers of Bhutan – in pictures Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com