This undated file photo released by Corbett Tiger Reserve shows a tiger at the reserve in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Forest officials said another tiger who strayed from the park killed its 10th human victim in six weeks Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014.LUCKNOW, India – A tiger prowling near villages in northern India killed its 10th person in six weeks, a day after eluding a trap set by hunters with a live calf as bait.
The female tiger is believed to have strayed from Jim Corbett National Park, India’s oldest national park, which was established in 1936 to provide endangered Bengal tigers with safe territory.
The big cat’s latest victim was a 50-year-old man who was collecting firewood Sunday night in the forest outside Kalgarh village in Uttarakhand state, according to Saket Badola, deputy director of the national park.
The animal ate parts of the man’s leg and abdomen before being scared away by villagers waving shovels and metal rods.
Hunters had almost nabbed the tiger a day earlier with a bovine calf.