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Tiger evades hunters, kills 10th person in India

By Biswajeet Banerjee
Published February 10, 2014 1:49pm ET
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Tiger evades hunters, kills 10th person in India
FILE - This undated file photo released by Corbett Tiger Reserve, shows a tiger at the reserve in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Forest officials said another tiger who strayed from the park killed its 10th human victim in six weeks Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. Deputy Director Saket Badola of the national park said the female tiger was outside its normal territory and prowling near villages on the border between Indian states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Corbett Tiger Reserve, File) | AP

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A tiger prowling near villages in northern India killed its 10th person in six weeks, a day after eluding a trap set by hunters with a live calf as bait.

The female tiger is believed to have strayed from Jim Corbett National Park, India’s oldest national park, which was established in 1936 to provide endangered Bengal tigers with safe territory.

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