Understanding Tiger –Human Conflict in Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR,) India: Based on the genetic analysis

Wildlife biology in practice (Online) Pub Date : 2015-05-20 DOI:10.2461/WBP.2015.11.1

S. Singh, Vipin Sharma, Sudhanshu Mishra, P. Pandey, V. Kumar, S. Goyal

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Attacks of tigers on humans are a common feature of human-wildlife conflicts in India, and the individual identification of such animals has been an issue for management purposes. We document a case study where we established the species, sex and genetic identity of a man-eater tiger reported from Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR), India, using blood spots and other biological samples. A man-eater tiger killed 4 women within 2 months (December 2010 to January 2011) in different parts of CTR. The authorities decided to shoot the animal, and attempts were made to do so, but it escaped. After 16 days, a tiger was shot by the management, and biological samples were collected. The multi-locus genetic profile of an injured tiger based on blood from the injured tiger was compared with that from biological samples from the shot tiger. Our results indicate that the injured and shot tigers were the same individual. This study elucidates the potential of wildlife genetics in identification of tigers involved in fatal attacks and improves the wildlife management strategies employed where the greatest numbers of direct human- tiger conflicts are taking place.

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了解印度科贝特老虎保护区(CTR)老虎与人类的冲突:基于遗传分析

在印度，老虎袭击人类是人类与野生动物冲突的一个常见特征，对这类动物的个体识别一直是管理目的的一个问题。我们记录了一个案例研究，在该研究中，我们利用血斑和其他生物样本，确定了来自印度科比特老虎保护区(CTR)的一只食人虎的物种、性别和遗传特征。在两个月内(2010年12月至2011年1月)，一只食人虎在CTR的不同地区杀死了4名妇女。当局决定射杀这只动物，并试图这样做，但它逃脱了。16天后，管理人员射杀了一只老虎，并收集了生物样本。用受伤老虎的血液与被射杀老虎的生物样本进行了多位点遗传图谱的比较。我们的研究结果表明，受伤的老虎和被击中的老虎是同一个体。本研究阐明了野生动物遗传学在识别参与致命袭击的老虎方面的潜力，并改进了在人虎直接冲突发生最多的地方所采用的野生动物管理策略。

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