Mauled tiger rescuer gets a job offer

March 5, 2008

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2008:

KOLKATA--The Compassionate Crusaders Trust has offered a job

to Ashutosh Dhali, 45, of Deulbari, West Bengal, who was severely

mauled on February 18, 2008 while checking to see if forest guards

had properly tranquilized a female tiger who had been treed by a

rock-throwing mob.

" Forest guards encircled the tree with a net, " the Times of

India reported, " but the locals set the tree on fire, " causing the

tiger to flee.

Said Dhali, " With my neighbours Lalit Naskar and Gobindo

Saradas, I gingerly approached the palm tree on which the tigress

had perched. She was not moving, so we thought the tranquilzer had

taken effect. We tied a rope around her legs and pulled her down.

The moment she touched the ground, she stood up with a

blood-curdling roar and leapt at us. " After Dhali was injured, the

mob reportedly also stoned and injured five forest guards.

" Asutosh Dhali risked his life to save a tigress. Praising

him is not enough. We want to do something that will be meaningful

to him and his family, " said Compassionate Crusaders Trust founder

Debasis Chakrabarty.

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Merritt Clifton

Editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE

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