PHOTOS: Killer tiger terrorizes Indian villagers
February 14, 2014
In this Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 photo, Taravati, who uses only one name, shows a photograph of her son Shiv Kumar Singh, a daily wage laborer, who was killed by a tiger at Maniawala, in northern India. The tiger that killed Singh on Jan. 10 has killed at least nine people so far traveling over 120 miles of villages, small towns and even a highway, spreading fear amongst the villagers many of whom are either farmers or laborers working the the large swathes of sugarcane fields which need harvesting now. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ( India Killer Tiger )
In this Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 photo, Samar Jeet Singh, right, and Sanjay Singh, hunters who have been brought in to kill a man eating tiger, walk near the site where a tiger killed an elderly man at the forest range of Sahuwala, in northern India. One of the challenges facing the hunters and forest officials is to properly identify the tiger that is killing human beings as the area she is in is rich in fauna and is home to several other tigers. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ( India Killer Tiger )
In this Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 photo, a remote camera is strapped onto a tree to capture images of a tiger that has turned man-eater at the forest range of Sahuwala, in northern India. One of the challenges facing the hunters and forest officials is to properly identify the tiger that is killing human beings as the area she is in is rich in fauna and is home to several other tigers. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ( India Killer Tiger )
In this Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 photo, pug marks left by a tiger that attacked and killed a young man working nearby is seen on a field in Maniawala, northern India. A tiger stalking the villages of northern India has killed at least nine people so far, spreading fear amongst the villagers many of whom are either farmers or laborers working the large swathes of sugarcane fields which need harvesting now. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ( India Killer Tiger )
In this Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 photo, Samar Jeet Singh, left, and Sanjay Singh, hunters who have been brought in to kill a man eating tiger, walk near the site where the tiger killed an elderly man, at the forest range of Sahuwala, in northern India. One of the challenges facing the hunters and forest officials is to properly identify the tiger that is killing human beings as the area she is in is rich in fauna and is home to several other tigers. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ( India Killer Tiger )
In this Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 photo, Samar Jeet Singh, one of the hunters who have been brought in to kill a man eating tiger, looks for fresh tiger tracks at the forest range of Sahuwala, in northern India. One of the challenges facing the hunters and forest officials is to properly identify the tiger that is killing human beings as the area she is in is rich in fauna and is home to several other tigers. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ( India Killer Tiger )
In this Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 photo, the dying sun permeates through trees in a sugarcane field left partially harvested after a tiger attacked and killed a young man working nearby at Maniawala, in northern India. The tiger stalking the villages of northern India, has killed at least nine people so far, spreading fear amongst the villagers many of whom are either farmers or laborers working the large swathes of sugarcane fields which need harvesting now. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ( India Killer Tiger )
In this Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 photo, Sandhya Sharma cries as she relates how her husband was killed recently by a tiger at Kalagarh, in northern India. The tiger stalking the villages of northern India has killed at least nine people so far traveling over 120 miles of villages, small towns and even a highway, spreading fear amongst the villagers many of whom are either farmers or laborers working the the large swathes of sugarcane fields which need harvesting now. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ( India Killer Tiger )
In this Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 photo, local villagers show the place in the middle of a sugarcane field where a tiger dragged its victim after it attacked and killed a young man working nearby in Maniawala, in northern India. The tiger stalking the villages of northern India, has killed at least nine people so far, spreading fear amongst the villagers many of whom are either farmers or laborers working the large swathes of sugarcane fields which need harvesting now. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ( India Killer Tiger )
In this Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 photo, a local villager carries a sickle as a measure of safety as he ventures near the spot where a tiger attacked and killed a young man recently at Maniawala, northern India. The tiger stalking the villages has killed at least nine people so far traveling over 120 miles of villages, small towns and even a highway, spreading fear amongst the villagers many of whom are either farmers or laborers working the large swathes of sugarcane fields which need harvesting now. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ( India Killer Tiger )
In this Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 photo, a forest official traces the outlines of the imprint of a tiger paw at the forest range of Sahuwala, in northern India. One of the challenges facing the hunters and forest officials is to properly identify the tiger that is killing human beings as the area she is in is rich in fauna and is home to several other tigers. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ( India Killer Tiger )
In this Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 photo, a man, left, sets of an improvised homemade contraption that uses gun powder to make a loud bang to scare off any possible animal hiding nearby, as another works on the field after a tiger attacked and killed a young man in the area recently in Maniawala, northern India. A tiger stalking the villages of northern India, has killed at least nine people so far, spreading fear amongst the villagers many of whom are either farmers or laborers working the large swathes of sugarcane fields which need harvesting now. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ( India Killer Tiger )
FILE - This undated file photo released by Corbett Tiger Reserve, shows a tiger at the reserve in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Forest officials said another tiger who strayed from the park killed its 10th human victim in six weeks Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. Deputy Director Saket Badola of the national park said the female tiger was outside its normal territory and prowling near villages on the border between Indian states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Corbett Tiger Reserve, File) ( India Tiger Attacks )
Indian marksman Sanjay Singh speaks with officials in the forest near the village of Barahpur in Bijnor District some 120kms north-east of New Delhi on February 1, 2014. Since December 29, 2013, the same tiger is believed to have killed eight people living near the national park which covers 521 square kilometers in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images ( 526629218 )
Indian forest guard Deepak Shukla draws pugmarks on tracing paper in the forest near the village of Barahpur village in Bijnor District some 120kms north-east of New Delhi on February 2, 2014. Since December 29, 2013, the same tiger is believed to have killed eight people living near the national park which covers 521 square kilometers in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images ( 526629210 )
Indian villager Suman, widow of Devendra Kumar who was killed by a tiger, mourn at her house in the village of Barahpur in Bijnor District some 120kms north-east of New Delhi on February 1, 2014. Since December 29, 2013, the same tiger is believed to have killed eight people living near the national park which covers 521 square kilometers in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images ( 526629256 )
Indian villager Suman (2L), widow of Devendra Kumar who was killed by a tiger, is comforted by relatives at her house in the village of Barahpur in Bijnor District some 120kms north-east of New Delhi on February 1, 2014. Since December 29, 2013, the same tiger is believed to have killed eight people living near the national park which covers 521 square kilometers in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images ( 526629243 )
(FILES) In this photograph taken on February 1, 2014, Uttar Pradesh State governments Assistant Conservator of Forests Mahesh Chandra (L) looks for tiger pugmarks with forest guard Mahipal as they walk in the woods near the village of Barahpur in Bijnor District some 120kms north-east of New Delhi. A man-eating tiger on the prowl in northern India has claimed its ninth victim, defying hunters and wildlife officials who have been trying to gun down the animal, an official told AFPon Fabruary 7, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Prakash SINGH/FILESPRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images ( 526742686 )
An Indian forest guard gets down from a vehicle during a patrol in the forest near the village of Barahpur in Bijnor District some 120kms north-east of New Delhi on February 2, 2014. Since December 29, 2013, the same tiger is believed to have killed eight people living near the national park which covers 521 square kilometers in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images ( 526629200 )
Indian marksman Nawab Shafat Ali Khan (top) waits for the tiger with his team in the forest near the village of Barahpur in Bijnor District some 120kms north-east of New Delhi on February 2, 2014. Since December 29, 2013, the same tiger is believed to have killed eight people living near the national park which covers 521 square kilometers in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images ( 526629206 )
Indian marksman Nawab Shafat Ali Khan (2R) patrols with his team as they search for a tiger in the forest near the village of Barahpur in Bijnor District some 120kms north-east of New Delhi on February 2, 2014. Since December 29, 2013, the same tiger is believed to have killed eight people living near the national park which covers 521 square kilometers in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images ( 526629202 )
Uttar Pradesh State governments Assistant Conservator of Forests Mahesh Chandra (C), watches as Forest Guard Deepak Shukla draws pugmarks on a glass in the forest near the village of Barahpur village in Bijnor District some 120kms north-east of New Delhi on February 2, 2014. Since December 29, 2013, the same tiger is believed to have killed eight people living near the national park which covers 521 square kilometers in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images ( 526629251 )
Indian forest guard Deepak Shukla draws pugmarks on a glass in the forest near the village of Barahpur village in Bijnor District some 120kms north-east of New Delhi on February 2, 2014. Since December 29, 2013, the same tiger is believed to have killed eight people living near the national park which covers 521 square kilometers in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images ( 526629213 )
An Indian forest guard puts a live goat into a cage as bait for a man-eating tiger near the village of Barahpur in Bijnor District some 120kms north-east of New Delhi on February 2, 2014. Since December 29, 2013, the same tiger is believed to have killed eight people living near the national park which covers 521 square kilometers in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images ( 526629196 )
Indian villagers ride their cycles through the forest near the village of Barahpur in Bijnor District some 120kms north-east of New Delhi on February 2, 2014. Since December 29, 2013, the same tiger is believed to have killed eight people living near the national park which covers 521 square kilometers in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images ( 526629194 )
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