India Reports Increased Tiger-Human Conflicts Amid Habitat Overlap in 2025

India's 2026 State of Environment report highlights a rise in tiger-human conflicts, recording at least 43 human fatalities from tiger attacks between January and June 2025, similar to 44 deaths in the same period in 2024. The report links this increase to ecological changes, habitat degradation, and overlapping territories as tiger populations saturate reserves and venture into human-inhabited areas. While attacks on cattle occur, government compensation mitigates economic impacts. Older or sick tigers are more likely to become maneaters.