Kathmandu – A 60-year-old woman was mauled to death by a wild tiger near a national park in south-central Nepal, local police said Tuesday.
The woman had ventured into the forest to collect fodder on Monday morning when the animal charged at her, leaving prints of its claws on her chest and back, said Subash Hamal, a police inspector in the village of Gaidakot in Nawalparasi district.
"Her family began to search for her after she didn't return home in the morning," he said, adding that her body was found 800 metres from her home.
The number of wild tigers in Nepal is nearly 200, with the largest number living in Chitwan National Park, which lies close to Monday's incident.
Hamal said the big cat could have left the national park, crossed a river and attacked the woman deep inside the community forest.