Viral Video: Tiger Chases Calf In Open Field. What Happens Next Stuns Internet
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The video has accumulated more than 137,000 views and over 2,200 likes. It has also garnered several responses from internet users.
Incidents of wild animals straying into human habitats have surfaced several times in the past. Now, in one such incident, a video showing a tiger straying into an open field and attacking a cattle is gaining traction on social media. India now has 75% of world's wild tigers, numbering around 3200.It will reach it's carrying capacity soon, until we are obsessed with numbers & make them pests in human dominated habitats. pic.twitter.com/otdEBjA3AP
The video, shared on Twitter by Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Susanta Nanda, shows the wild cat chasing a group of cows. The tiger does rounds in an open field and eventually catches a calf. However, the calf manages to escape after a cow charges at the wild cat.
"India now has 75% of world's wild tigers, numbering around 3200. It will reach it's carrying capacity soon, until we are obsessed with numbers & make them pests in human dominated habitats," Mr Nandra wrote in the caption of the post.
Watch the video below: