The life of a honey collector is not an easy one, particularly for those in the Sundarbans. The reason is easy enough to pinpoint – attacks by man-eating tigers. The Royal Bengal Tiger, pride and joy of the Sundarbans, is also the biggest threat to honey collectors in the region. Since the beginning of this year, of the several lives lost to tiger attacks, at least six were ‘mauli’ (the Bengali word for honey gatherer). This, despite the many prescribed methods designed to persuade tigers to leave humans alone.
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