Tiger tale: Life in the territory of fear in Andhra Pradesh

The ongoing human-animal conflict in Andhra Pradesh, where a sub-adult male tiger killed 20 heads of cattle in East Godavari and Eluru districts, has upended the livelihoods of many tobacco growers, dairy farmers and agricultural workers. Nellore Sravani writes about the panic prevailing among the people and the Forest department’s race to find out why an apparently healthy tiger is killing livestock in human habitats