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Increasing tiger attacks on cattle spark protest in Keralam’s Munnar

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Increasing tiger attacks on cattle spark protest in Keralam’s Munnar — Photo credit: The Hindu

CPI workers block a Forest department vehicle after a tiger killed a cow in Munnar on September 29. — Photo credit: The Hindu

CPI workers block a Forest department vehicle after a tiger killed a cow in Munnar on September 29. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

The rising number of tiger attacks on cattle across Munnar’s plantation sector in Idukki has heightened fear among workers and triggered protests by residents and Communist Party of India (CPI) workers against the Forest department.

According to officials, nine head of cattle have been killed over the past 10 months in the Lakshmi area near Munnar, prompting local people to demand immediate intervention by the Forest department. According to the data from the department, between January 2025 and October 7, 2026, 53head of cattle were killed by tigers in the Munnar forest range. In the latest incident on Monday, a tiger mauled to death the cow of Paramasivam, a plantation worker at the Sevenmala estate upper division, under Kanan Devan Hills Plantations (KDHP).

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