Guwahati, June 14 -- Nabarun Guha

An adult tiger was lynched in Assam on May 22, drawing attention to the increasing movement of wildlife outside the boundaries of the Kaziranga National Park. It also raised questions about conflict management in tiger reserves.

The incident took place in the Dusotimukh gram panchayat of Golaghat district, about 20 km from the Agoratoli or Eastern range of the state's Kaziranga National Park (KNP), which became a tiger reserve in 2015.

"We received information about the incident at around 8 a.m. after which we reached the spot," Gunadeep Das, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Golaghat division, told Mongabay India. "We found a few thousand people gathered there, armed with machetes, sticks, spears, and ...