Villagers want stray tiger to be declared 'man-eater'

NAINITAL (Uttarkhand): The villagers of Dhikuli, situated in the buffer zone of Corbett National Park, have staged protests, demanding that a tiger strayed into the village be declared a "man-eater" after it mauled to death a 50-year-old woman.

"The park Director is examining the case following the villagers' protest," an official of the Park said.

The big cat had strayed into the village from the Park and killed the woman last Wednesday.

Following the incident, the villagers, in a letter, asked the Park Director to declare the tiger as "man-eater" and shoot it dead. They warned of disrupting the functioning of the Park, if authorities failed to take measures in this regard.