Tiger leaps onto boat, snatches man in east India

[scho63]

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http://news.yahoo.com/tiger-leaps-on...090431380.html

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 tiger "quickly flung my father on his back and gave a giant leap before disappearing into the forest," Jyotish said by telephone from his village of Lahiripur in West Bengal state. He said he and his sister tried to beat the animal with sticks and a knife, but the thrashing had no effect. His father was dragged away and was presumed dead.

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.

The national park is one of the largest reserves for the royal Bengal tiger. Thursday's attack was the fourth deadly assault by a tiger this year in the Sunderbans, wildlife officials said.

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.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

I read somewhere that the mahout (elephant driver) lost his arm. They had been stalking the tiger to try to tranquilize and tag it. Tiger got pissed eventually I guess. It's just amazing how the tiger can be completely invisible in that tall grass.

Many times if you survive the attack you will die from infection from bites and claw scratches. especially Leopards.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

I read somewhere that the mahout (elephant driver) lost his arm. They had been stalking the tiger to try to tranquilize and tag it. Tiger got pissed eventually I guess. It's just amazing how the tiger can be completely invisible in that tall grass.

Many times if you survive the attack you will die from infection from bites and claw scratches. especially Leopards.

[Rain Man]

In re-reading the title, it makes it sound like the tiger chartered a ship to go to East India to get this guy. They must have had some sort of past hostility.

[Bwana]

My brother flys all over the place and shoots a lot of photography. I wouldn't want to mess with a tiger. Go here: http://www.naturallywild.com/#!/index click on India and then tigers. Beautiful but deadly.

[ghak99]

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale

Thanks to big game hunting Lions won't be far behind. I doubt either will exist in another 20 years.

Do you always post stupid shit?

[GloryDayz]

The whole country seems ****ed up!!!! See:



There's a 5-minutes version too! JFC!

[Color Red]

Originally Posted by The God Hypothesis

Please no references to football, this is a current events forum.

This is current events, and this story invites the interest to seriously consider changing the name of the NFL team from Cincinnati. Doesn't regard for the dignity of the poor victim in this story and others like him demand us to seriously consider a name change? I mean, how could you cheer for a team named after such a modern, predatory animal that brutally victimizes human beings?

Something to consider.

[TOUCHDOWN!!! KC]

Friends of mine raised Tobi. Who is now at the Nashville zoo.

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[salame]

^^^^^
yikes