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Tragic tale of a ‘man-eating’ tigress tells us so much about the climate crisis
The way that we live on Earth is causing an unprecedented acceleration in species extinction. Now, more than half a million species “have insufficient habitat for long-term survival” and are likely to go extinct unless their natural environments…
- Nayanika Mathur
- The Conversation
But we are already seeing major problems from this intrusion, not least through an increase in human-animal conflict.
A case in evidence is that of Avni, a “man-eating” Indian tigress who achieved something close to global recognition at the end of 2018.
Man-eating leopards, lions and tigers aren’t uncommon in India – several are killed or…