This story is from June 20, 2021

Maharashtra: Tiger kills 70-yr-old shepherd in Chandrapur

Tiger killed yet another person, this time a shepherd, in Talodhi range on Saturday afternoon.
Maharashtra: Tiger kills 70-yr-old shepherd in Chandrapur
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CHANDRAPUR: Tiger killed yet another person, this time a shepherd, in Talodhi range on Saturday afternoon.
Khatuji Kumre (70) from Akapur village had taken his cattle to the protected forest under Gangasagar beat. A tiger moving in the area attacked and killed Kumre. After fellow herders reported the matter to foresters, a team from Talodhi range office rushed to the spot and took the body for postmortem.

Forest officials have provided exg-ratia aid to the kin of the victim.
Predators have claimed 23 lives in Chandrapur so far this year. Of these, 20 have been killed by tigers, two by leopards and one other was crushed by an elephant.
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