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Tiger attacks in the Sundarbans, in India and Bangladesh are estimated to kill from 0-50 (mean of 22.7 between 1947 and 1983) people per year. [1] The Sundarbans is home to over 100 [2] Bengal tigers, [3] one of the largest single populations of tigers in one area.
Sundarbans National Park is a national park in West Bengal, India, and core part of tiger reserve and biosphere reserve. It is part of the Sundarbans on the Ganges Delta and adjacent to the Sundarban Reserve Forest in Bangladesh .
The Sundarbans provides a unique ecosystem and a rich wildlife habitat. According to the 2015 tiger census in Bangladesh, and the 2011 tiger census in India, the Sundarbans have about 180 tigers (106 in Bangladesh and 74 in India). Earlier estimates, based on counting unique pugmarks, were much higher.
Sundarban National Park has the highest population of Bengal tigers in India — their tiger reserve is home to around 100 Bengal tigers. As you can see in the video above, this tiger was so ...
in the Sundarbans National Park tigers live in about 1,586 km 2 (612 sq mi) of mangrove forest. Manas-Namdapha, Orang-Laokhowa and Kaziranga-Meghalaya are Tiger Conservation Units in northeastern India, stretching over at least 14,500 km 2 (5,600 sq mi) across several protected areas. [33] Tigers are also present in Pakke Tiger Reserve. [37]
Various measures were taken to prevent and reduce the number of tiger attacks with limited success. For example, since tigers almost always attack from the rear, masks with human faces were worn on the back of the head by the villagers in 1986 in the Sundarbans, on the theory that tigers usually do not attack if seen by their prey.
In fact, the highly productive ecosystems of the Sundarbans act as natural fish nurseries. It provides habitat for the Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris). [2] The Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve or Indian Sundarbans covers an area of 9,630 square kilometers (3,720 sq mi) and is divided into core, buffer, and transi-tion zones. [3]
WildTeam with the help of Village Tiger Response Team (VTRT) and the Bangladesh Forest Department, immobilized a wild tiger in the Sundarbans on 20 February 2011. It was the first time that a tiger returned to the forest alive after entering a village in the Bangladesh Sundarbans.