After spotting tiger, cane harvesters keep away from fields in Kheri

Bareilly | Saturday | 10th November, 2018

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The latter has survived the attack.Since August 2017, five people have been killed by stray tigers in South Kheri forest division. Shahjahanpur: Panic has gripped over a dozen villages after a tiger was spotted in Biharipur farmhouse near Maheshpur range of South Kheri forest division. He has also asked the range officer to arrange for lights around the fields at night where cane is to be harvested the next day. Six people were booked for killing the tigress.Earlier in August, 80 villagers of Ayodhyapur, near Maheshpur range, were booked by the forest department after they had allegedly torched the range office following a tiger attack on a resident. The lights will keep tigers away, he added.“We are also planning to install motion sensor camera traps to study animal behaviour in the area..