Most common form of big-cat attack on human beings
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Stereographic photograph (1903) of the Man-eater of Jharkhand, who had killed an estimated 200 people, in the Jharkhand zoo.
Tiger attacks are a form of human–wildlife conflict which have killed more humans than attacks by any of the other big cats, with the majority of these attacks occurring in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Southeast Asia.[1][2]
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