I simply don’t get why people would visit wildlife sanctuaries, get inside a jeep, and enter the ‘tiger zones’ of the forest. What if you actually spot a tiger to your surprise and it ends up chasing you? Doesn’t seem that exciting now, does it? And what recently happened at Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary in Wayanad, Kerala, is a realistic representation of the popular saying “curiosity kills the cat“!
According to sources, two forest officials were patrolling the area on a bike along the highway inside the sanctuary after they had been reported that a tiger had been spotted. One of the officials was taking a video of the area when suddenly he spotted a tiger coming out of the woods and starts chasing them. However, it was only for a few seconds until the tiger ran off to the other side of the jungle.
A video of the incident has been posted by the Forests and Wildlife Protection Society and it is spine-chilling!
A Tiger is seen chasing a bike in Muthanga Wildlife Safari in Wayanad in Kerala.Is this how the Tiger Parks are managed in India?
Posted by Forests and Wildlife Protection Society – FAWPS on Saturday, June 29, 2019
As the video went viral and people started talking about how dangerous the incident was, Prerna Singh Bindra, who is an environmental journalist and the author of The Vanishing: India’s Wildlife Crisis, pointed out that the tiger didn’t mean to attack and that it was a mere ‘mock charge’ which animals tend to do when they fear the presence of an infiltrator within their territory.
This. An hour before I passed on this road, the #tiger did. It's not an attack. It's a mock charge on a #highway that cuts through a #wildlife #sanctuary. B aware of #wildlife ,follow rules when passing through #wild habitats.dont panic, give the animal space to avoid conflict pic.twitter.com/EResYjZc5M
— prerna singh bindra (@prernabindra) June 30, 2019
Nevertheless, the video did manage to give everyone a major goosebumps moment! Have a look:
What of the three would've happened to you?
🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯
1. Instant heart attack
2. Piss yourself
3 . All of the above pic.twitter.com/TEoMRQneK2— BIG E-D (@BIGE_DMUSIC) June 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/ThogoThaKid/status/1145331609895391234
https://twitter.com/Nabeel_99_Khan/status/1145328026000867328
Rider must have shat in his pants, having the world most ferocious solitary hunter chase you, can't imagine the skills required to still maintain the control of the vehicle https://t.co/rTRxhwi8uy
— Kunal Rajeev Dalvi (@KRDalvi) July 1, 2019
🙂
"Heeeere, Kitty!! …Heeere, Kitty Kitty Kitty!"https://t.co/S89Zw66jny https://t.co/S89Zw66jny
— Robert D.Morningstar (@RobMorningstar) July 1, 2019
All the best for the next time you visit a wildlife sanctuary!