Notably, farmers in some places put up high voltage electric fencing around their farms to protect crops, and sometimes tigers become its victims.
A forest official said to prevent such incidents, they are planning to make farmers aware about solar fencing around their fields.
In the latest case, an adult tiger was found electrocuted at a farm in Chimur range of a forest area under Chandrapur's Brahmapuri division on November 7, the official said.
An investigation in the incident is underway, Chief Conservator of Forests, Chandrapur division, Vijay Shelke said today.
The tigress had killed two persons and several animals in Armori Wadsa area in the past, after which it was captured and released in the Chaprala Wildlife Sanctuary in August this year.
Earlier in April, a sub-adult tiger, named Srinivas, was found electrocuted in Brahmapuri division of Chandrapur.
Shelke pointed out that the deaths of these tigers occurred on farm lands and not precisely in forest areas.
"We are initiating steps to educate farmers about changing their crop patterns to minimise the destruction to their crops by herbivores, like wild boars and nilgai (blue bulls)," the official said.
"In addition, we are also planning to make the farmers aware about solar fencing and chain-linked fencing for the protection of their crops," Shelke said.
Further, he said, the incidents of eletrocution of tigers could be checked when the public's perception changes about the wild animals.
"We may have to adopt a different strategy in these (man-animal) conflict-prone areas to tackle the issue and creating awareness about wildlife among the people may also be of some valuable significance," he said.
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