As Hunt For 'Man-Eater' Avni Continues, Activists Demand Presidential Pardon For The Tigress
Avni has been tagged a &lsquoman-eater&rsquo and more than 100 men over the last few days have tramped through forests on the trail of the tigress Avni is five-year-old and a mother of two cubs The department has issued a shoot-to-kill order for her. The order has been challenged in all courts including the Supreme Court Hundred camera traps a pack of hunter dogs reportedly belonging to golfer Jyoti Randhwa.
Avni has been tagged a ¡®man-eater¡¯ and more than 100 men, over the last few days, have tramped through forests on the trail of the tigress. Avni is five-year-old and a mother of two cubs.
The department has issued a shoot-to-kill order for her.
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The tigress, or T1, as she is called, has killed and eaten at least 13 human beings in the past one year and a half, which has reportedly been used as a last resort. The order has been challenged in all courts, including the Supreme Court.
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Hundred camera traps, a pack of hunter dogs reportedly belonging to golfer Jyoti Randhwa, and a motorised paraglider that's being used to survey the forest from a height of 800 to 1000 feet.
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Despite all the measures, Avni remains completely untraceable.
Photo: Facebook/Let Avni Live
The activists have begun petitioning the President, requesting him to step in and get the shoot-to-kill order withdrawn. It is not clear if the President will respond. It is also not clear what will happen to Avni¡¯s two cubs if she is killed.
