How many human deaths have there been from tiger attacks in India for the
last 10-20 years?

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Request for Question Clarification by markj-ga on 05 Nov 2002 16:04 PST

Would you be satisfied with a recent estimate by a "leading expert on
tigers in India" of the average annual numbers of deaths by tiger
attacks in India?

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Clarification of Question by smpgmp-ga on 06 Nov 2002 08:18 PST

Yes, that would be fine.  Would you also provide me with the reference?  Thank you.

smpgmp-ga -

The citation that responds to your question is:

"Valmik Thapar, a leading expert on tigers in India, put deaths due to
tiger attacks at about 80 people annually."

The source for the quotation is:
"The Good Earth: Only Local Communities Can Help Conservation," by
Guha Dharmarajan, The Statesman, New Delhi, July 16,2001.

I found the article at the following link:
World Bank: Sustainable Development - A Gateway
http://sdnp.delhi.nic.in/headlines/jul01/16-7-2001-news1.html.

Unfortunately, this link, which worked fine last evening, is not
working this morning.  The following is the link to Google's cached
copy of the article. Be sure to copy and paste the whole address into
your browser: http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:24mM8DqGji4C:sdnp.delhi.nic.in/headlines/jul01/16-7-2001-news1.html+%22leading+expert+on+tigers+in+india&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

If you have any problems accessing the document, please inform me in
the form of an answer clarification request, and I will be happy to
help.


markj-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by smpgmp-ga on 06 Nov 2002 10:22 PST

I was looking for tiger attack fatality numbers in India for the past
10-20 years...80 annually doesn't really tell me too much.  Thanks for
your help.

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Clarification of Answer by markj-ga on 06 Nov 2002 11:10 PST

smpgmp -

Your response to my question clarification request indicated that a
per-year average estimate would be fine.  This per year estimate can
be extrapolated, of course, into an estimate for 10 years (800), 20
years (1600) or anywhere in between.

If you require a specific estimate for each year (instead of for an
average year), I suggest you seek a refund and repost the question.

I do appreciate your seeking clarification instead of rating my answer
as unsatisfactory.  I thought that your response to my question
clarification request confirmed that the information I found was
indeed responsive to your question.

markj-ga