The number of tiger attacks on people are increasing in India’sSundarban islands as habitat loss and dwindling prey caused by climate change drives them to prowl into villages for food.The tigersin the largest reserve are turning on humans because rising sea levels and coastal erosion are steadily shrinking the tigers’ natural habitat.The Sundarbans may shelter between 250 and 270 tigers now, wildlife officials say. The Indian Statistical Institute said the number is as low as 75.
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