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- The paper discusses a rare case of a fatal tiger attack where a woman was killed by the tiger's claws instead of the typical bite to the neck.
- An autopsy revealed multiple injuries from the claws, while the usual bite-related injuries were absent due to the tiger's teeth being non-functional.
- This report aims to draw attention to claw-induced fatal injuries, which are not commonly documented, and emphasizes the significance of claw injuries in distinguishing the nature of attacks by tigers.
Article Abstract
This paper describes a unique case of a fatal tiger attack in the wild. In the present case, a tiger fatally mauled a 34-year-old female with its claws, instead of the usual mechanism of killing by the bite injury to the neck. The autopsy revealed multiple fatal and non-fatal injuries caused by the tiger claws. The characteristic injuries due to the tooth impacts were absent as the teeth of the offending tiger were either fallen or non-functional. To the best of our knowledge, probably this rare case would be the first reported human fatality due to the tiger claw injuries in the world. The purpose of the present article is to highlight the fatal injuries due to the tiger claws, as the claw-induced fatal injuries in a tiger attack are not reported in the medico-legal literature. Moreover, this report would be an illustrative one for differentiation between the fatal injuries due to the claws and tooth impacts in a tiger attack. Furthermore, the present report establishes the importance of the tiger claws as a source of fatal injuries in a tiger attack.
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