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News From The Jungle |
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Tiger Tales |
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Munna is
perhaps the
most
photographed
and most
easily
recognizable
tiger in
Kanha due to
his striking
facial
markings. He
has a
dominant
‘CAT’
marking on
his
forehead.
Despite not
being
particularly
big, he had
battled his
way to
dominance,
which at
times has
led to
injury. His
rise to
dominance
was tough
and included
many fights
particularly
during 2005
and 2006
when he was
consolidating
his area. In
one of the
fights he
sustained a
leg injury
giving him a
limp, hence
he was also
named Langda
or the
limping one.
Munna today
is about 15
years old
and has been
push to the
edge of the
park by
younger and
stronger
male tigers.
He often
resorts to
lifting
cattle and
of late has
been accused
of killing 3
people in
the village.
Although
there is no
proof that
this act was
committed by
Munna,
conservationists
and wildlife
enthusiasts
have
petitioned
Kanha tiger
reserve
authorities
to protect
Munna from
possible
attempts by
villagers to
kill him.
Recently
villagers
conducted a
tantric
ritual and
sacrificed
an animal to
shoo away
the tiger
back into
the
reserve’s
core area.
Field
Director of
Kanha made a
statement to
the press
stating that
Munna will
be
protected.
In his
statement
the Field
Director
also
mentioned
that
although
Munna had
been moving
through the
area where
the bodies
were found
he is not
responsible
for the
killing on
June 18th
and there is
no evidence
that the
other two
people were
killed by a
wild animal.
I guess we
will have to
wait and
watch what
happens to
Munna. |
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