Sunday, 6. June 2004

Tiger kills 59 in Bangladesh


Fear stalks the world's largest mangrove forests in Bangladesh, the Sundarbans, where a marauding tiger is believed to have killed 59 people and injured many in the past year.

The deaths took place in the delta on the country's southwestern coast, OneWorld reports.

The tiger's bloodlust has intensified in the past five months, when 32 people were mauled to death, sending waves of terror among the three million people residing in the forest and dependent on its honey reserves, fisheries and plants.

Indo-Asian News Service

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