Tiger kills Karanth Park employee

For forest dwellers and guards, summer always means heightened vigil to prevent potentially lethal human-wildlife conflicts. File photo: PTI

A tiger killed an employee of the Shivaram Karanth Biological Park at Pilikula on the city outskirts, a top official of the park said on Wednesday.

Kushalappa Gowda was attacked and mauled to death by the tiger when he went inside its cage to feed it last night, Ayaprakash Bhandary, Director of the Park said.