NEW DELHI, Aug. 20 (UPI) —
A tiger suspected of killing at least seven people in western India over the last six months was shot and killed on Tuesday evening.
The so-called "man-eater" was tracked by district officials in a Chandrapur forest in Maharashtra, an area that is home approximately 100 tigers.
At least 17 people have been killed by tigers in 2014.
Sarjan Bhagat, the Maharashtra forest chief, told BBC that "The growing incidents of man-animal conflict in the area have put a lot of pressure on the [forest] department in the last six months. Considering the safety of people, orders to shoot the animal were issued."
In 2007, authorities killed two other "man-eater" tigers suspected in the deaths of nine people.
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