Why Tiger Widows Of Bangladesh Are Tagged ‘Bad Omen’
In this photograph taken on November 11, 2019, Bangladeshi mother-of-four Mosammat Rashida, whose husband was killed by a Bengal tiger a decade ago while he was collecting honey, stands next to a mirror at her house in ShyamnagarMosammat Rashida’s crime? Her husband was killed by a Bengal tiger.
Tigers are an endangered species but climate change and human development are reducing their wild habitat, often forcing them towards villages in search of food.At least 519 men died from tiger attacks in 50 villages in one district — home to half a million people — between 2001 and 2011, according to Ledars Bangladesh, a charity helping widows reintegrate back in the villages.
“The change is very slow. Still, I’d say there has been progress,” he added, noting that younger, more educated villagers were less fearful of the widows. Her nephew Yaad Ali, who has witnessed several attacks including his uncle’s, explained that while he wanted to help, he could not do so publicly.
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