Tiger leaps onto boat, snatches man in east India - Yahoo News

 

Father Goose

1 hour ago 

Wish the Indian Government would kick these folks out of the 'PRESERVE' . See that word ? It was set aside as a PRESERVE. For the wildlife, for the tigers...These poor folks have been sneaking in and out of the mangroves for years, knowing full well of the tigers taking humans. These folks know they are trespassing in the PRESERVE. They know they could be taken by the wild animals in the PRESERVE. 

Shukla

1 hour ago 

Yes! I have been their once on excursion trip. Its pretty dangerous to go to those areas. It doesn't happen every day, but it could happen, and results are obviously fatal! 

Joy

15 minutes ago 

That Mangrove is notorious place for humans. 

Lighthearted

1 hour ago 

Man has ruined the environment , the animals are starving for there is little natural prey!! 

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Tre M

1 hour ago 

Agreed! 

Joseph D

1 hour ago 

Really you got to be kidding me.I guess you have learn about Tigers don't you!

Tiger have know to attack man for years .That's what the book Jungle book was about and that was from the 60"s or maybe sooner.Typical moron who never thinks or researches anything just act on emotions only. Figure this story is about something else and its not,tigers go after anything .Grow up and do your research. 

Ghostof3

5 minutes ago 

Ya that Tiger looks friendly he won't mind if i fish on his territory.. 

JS

1 hour ago 

That works for me... Thanks Malthus 

Bubba

14 minutes ago 

I am going to feed my cat when I get home, I'll sleep better. 

Grandpa Dave

1 hour ago 

Dr. Watson... May a whale swallow you whole! 

Landofcotton

1 hour ago 

WAR EAGLE!! 

Jimmy

16 minutes ago 

Father goose, this guy did the tiger a favor. He gave him/her a meal. 

Tiger leaps onto boat, snatches man in east India - Yahoo News: KOLKATA, India (AP) — A Bengal tiger snatched a man off a fishing boat in eastern India, dragging him away into a mangrove swamp as his children looked on in horror, the man's son said Friday.

The attack happened Thursday as Sushil Manjhi and his son and daughter were crab fishing in a stream in the Sunderbans National Park. The tiger leaped aboard the boat and clamped its jaws on Manjhi's neck, said Sushil's son, Jyotish.

The attack underlines the difficult existence of millions of poor Indians who make a living by scavenging in forests and rivers, often at risk from wild predators. Many villagers fish for crabs in the Sunderbans — even though it's illegal in the protected reserve — because they fetch a good price at markets in nearby towns.

India has more than half of the 3,200 tigers believed to be left in the wild in the world. But as the country undergoes breakneck development to accommodate the growth of its 1.2 billion people, tiger habitats have been shrinking.

The big cat's numbers have also dwindled because of rampant poaching to feed a flourishing market for tiger organs and bones in China.