When the Tiger Attacks the Cow!

With more than 1 billion inhabitants, 2 million temples, 300 thousand mosques, hundreds of palaces, 400 languages and dialects, countless goddesses and gods and diverse spices, India is a country in Asia with cultural, religious and linguistic diversity. India is the second most populous country in the world, behind China and ahead of the United States. The cow is a sacred animal in Hinduism, the religion of 80% of the Indian population. Its followers believe that the animal embodies values such as altruism and non-violence. After all, the cow gives a lot of itself, like milk and leather. In return, he receives very little: grass and water. As Hindus venerate the animal, which is decorated in some festivities, they do not eat its meat. That's why the biggest threat to cows in India is tigers. Indian tigers represent practically half of the approximately 4,500 of their species throughout Asia, a continent where this mammal lives in an area that runs from north to south, from Siberia to Indonesia, and from east to west, from China to India. In 2006, its population in India – home to most of the world's remaining wild tigers – reached a record high of just 1,411 individuals. But decades of conservation efforts appear to have finally paid off. India's tigers have more than doubled since then, reaching 3,167 last year, according to the latest tiger census. This is why tiger attacks on cows in India are common. Since tiger conservation efforts in India have led to an increase in the population of these cats. With the increase in population, incidents of tigers straying into human habitats are becoming more common. And so tiger attacks on cows became a normal scene there.

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