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Agence France-Presse

An Indian mother fought off a tiger with her bare hands to save her toddler from its jaws, an official said on Wednesday.
Archana Choudhary stepped out of her house in the central state of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday night as the 15-month-old boy wanted to relieve himself.
A tiger believed to have strayed from the nearby Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve pounced on them, local official Sanjeev Shrivastava said.
It attacked and tried to sink its teeth into the child’s head but the mother leapt to the rescue, he said.
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The tiger kept trying to snatch the boy until villagers heard her screams and rushed to her rescue.
The tiger then slunk away into the forest.
“She has been admitted to the hospital. She is out of danger and recovering. The baby is also doing fine,” Shrivastava said.
The mother suffered punctured lungs and wounds to her abdomen while the toddler had deep gashes on his head.
The Times of India newspaper said a search operation was under way to push the tiger back to its territory and that villagers had been told to stay indoors at night.

A rise in human-animal conflicts has been seen across South Asia as ever more forest is lost to urban expansion.
Nearly 225 people were killed in tiger attacks between 2014 and 2019 in India, according to government figures.
More than 200 tigers were killed by poachers or electrocution between 2012 and 2018, the data showed.
India is home to around 70 per cent of the world’s tigers and the tiger population was estimated at 2,967 in 2018.


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Indian mum fights off tiger with bare hands to save 15-month-old son

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A Bengal tiger in Bandhavgarh National Park. The big cats are the main reason people visit this sprawling national park in Central India’s Madhya Pradesh state. Photo: Tamara Hinson/File

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A Bengal tiger in Bandhavgarh National Park. Bandhavgarh’s big cats are the main reason people visit this sprawling national park. Photo: Tamara Hinson

Kailash Sankhala (left) and his son Pradeep Sankhala. Kailash Sankhala was the first conservationist to raise awareness of the plight of India’s tigers. 70 years later, his grandson Amit is continuing his work. Photo: Tiger Trust

Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge. Photo: Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge

Amit Sankhala is trustee of the Tiger Trust and manages Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge and Kanha Jungle Lodge. Like his father and grandfather, he is regarded as an important Indian wildlife conservationist. Photo: Tiger Trust

An Indian buffalo in Bandhavgarh National Park. Photo: Tamara Hinson

A langur monkey in Bandhavgarh National Park. Photo: Tamara Hinson

A jackal in Bandhavgarh National Park. Photo: Tamara Hinson

A Bengal tiger strutting along a dry riverbed in Bandhavgarh National Park. Photo: Tamara Hinson

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According to the environment ministry, 1,144 people were killed in attacks across India in 1,143 days between April 2014 and May this year

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The tiger believed to have strayed from a nearby tiger reserve kept trying to snatch the boy until villagers heard screams and rushed to help
The mother suffered punctured lungs and wounds to her abdomen while the toddler had deep gashes on his head



The mother suffered punctured lungs and wounds to her abdomen while the toddler had deep gashes on his head.


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