Because of the warming tigers have been increasingly attacking people

Due to global warming tigers in India have become more frequent attacks on humans, says New Scientist magazine, referring to specialists in the field of protection of wildlife. Climate change has led to the disappearance of natural habitats of animals, and they often come to the village in search of food. In villages, the likelihood to meet with a man markedly higher.

Researchers from the World Conservation Union watched tigers in the Sundarbans National Park (Sundarbans) on the border of India and Bangladesh. The territory of the park area of about 26 thousand square kilometers of wetlands represents the Lower Delta Brahmaputra and Ganges rivers. In fact, the Sundarbans - so many islands, which are periodically partially flood tides.

In the past 40 years due to climate change, the water level in Sundarbane rose and about 28 per cent of its territory proved unsuitable habitat for animals that feed on tigers. Several islands completely disappeared under the water surface. In addition, because of the abundance of salt water hit growing up in Sundarbane mangroves - many of them completely lost their foliage. In the mangrove predators hiding from hunters who destroy tigers for their fur.

According to experts from the World Conservation Union, in the 1960's in Sundarbane dwelt about 500 tigers. Now the number of predators living in the park ranges from 250 to 270 animals. For its part, the Indian Statistical Institute calls the figure of 75 individuals.