How effective is compensation for loss that human-wildlife conflict causes?

Wildlife is not limited to national parks and sanctuaries and knows no human-drawn boundaries

The small town of Pandharkawada lies 150 km south of Nagpur in eastern Maharashtra. Surrounded by forest and agricultural fields, this off-the-map town is in the news: A young predator tigress with cubs has been on the prowl here for 18 months now, wreaking havoc.

So far, she has killed 14 people; three of these deaths were reported in August 2018 alone. The state government is making an attempt to capture and tranquilise her, failing which she will be shot-on-sight as was decided earlier.

Tigers predating on humans is not the natural norm but when it happens, it has damaging consequences: On