A tiger attacked three people in India and escaped (Reuters)
What are the chances that you will ever encounter a tiger in your life not at the zoo or on safari?
We assume that the chances are slim, and what are your chances of meeting a tiger in.. a court?
You would probably think that this is the plot of a very bad movie, but this is exactly what happened to the people present at the court in Ghaziabad, India, when suddenly "out of nowhere" a terrifying tiger appeared and began to attack and injure people.
According to local reports, six people were injured in the tiger's attack, including lawyers and police officers who were injured by its sharp claws.
"The tiger was first seen under the stairs in the building," said one of the witnesses, "he saw the people and ran towards them. He hit them and started running."
According to the report, one of the people attacked by the tiger was very seriously injured, while four lawyers were slightly injured and another was injured when he tried to fight the tiger with a shovel and a stick.
This unusual incident was caught on camera and the tiger was seen growling with blood dripping around its mouth.
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A joint team of the district police and wildlife experts managed to put the tiger to sleep and rescue it after a five-hour operation that was carried out after the evacuation of the people from the court premises.
According to the reports, the tiger was also seriously injured and received medical treatment himself by veterinarians who arrived on the scene.
He should be released into the wild, away from humans, after he has fully recovered.
Tigers in India have lost their fear of humans - is it a virus?
The attack drew attention to the fact that there is an increase in the number of tigers in India infected with distemper - which in its advanced stage makes them less afraid of humans, experts say.
The disease can cause the tiger to enter settlements to find food often.
It is estimated that the predation of domestic dogs is the main potential way of contracting the contagious virus.
In the recent past, India has seen an increase in attacks on humans by tigers: a one-and-a-half-year-old boy was recently killed by a tiger in the Jawaramgra area of Jaipur district, on February 10 there were two reports - one from Maharashtra (Satara district) and one from Karnataka (Mysore District) - where tigers entered human habitations and were later captured. New research shows that distemper can also be the cause of the tiger's impatient behavior. The deadly mammalian disease mainly attacks dogs in the first months of their lives (but adult dogs can also be infected). The cause of the disease It is an RNA virus of the Morbillivirus type from the measles virus family, which is transmitted from dog to dog following contact with bodily secretions. It causes, among other things, neurological disorders such as disorientation and fearlessness in its advanced stage among predators.
The study 'CDV in Tigers and Leopards in Nepal' was published in an international peer-reviewed journal Pathens on January 28.
He notes that between the years 2020 and 2022, six Indian tigers came into the hands of the authorities in Nepal with a fatal neurological disease, consistent with rabies.
The study also indicates that predators in India such as the tiger and the tiger are also infected with the dangerous virus.
"It's entirely possible because animals infected with rabies lose their fear of humans - as happens with rabies," says Dr. Jahala, dean of India's Wildlife Research Institute. Rabies has become widespread throughout the Asian subcontinent
. In lions, wolves, jackals, tigers, tigers and hyenas," said Dr. Jala.
Sab Yadav, chairman of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, agrees that there is a chance that the tigers' abnormal behavior is caused by rabies."
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