Tigers Develop Taste for Human Blood: Alarming Report Reveals Growing Conflict

• Tigers, once fearing humans, are now preying on and consuming human flesh, a worrying trend near India's tiger reserves.
• A 2026 report by the Center for Science and Environment highlights an alarming increase in human-tiger conflict.
• Between January and June 2025, 43 people died from tiger attacks near reserves; in 4 cases, tigers consumed human body parts.
• Experts suggest tigers typically attack humans when old, injured, or unable to find natural prey.
• Increasing human and tiger populations, habitat encroachment, and the spread of Lantana grass reducing natural prey are contributing factors.