The race to net Maharashtra's most wanted tigress T1 in Yavatmal has reached epic proportions. Elephants, sharp shooters, nets, traps, decoys, drones and even paragliders have been deployed to track the seemingly elusive big cat. Many of these methods wildlife experts have dubbed 'ill-thought-out and foolish'.

A report in this paper yesterday stated that the forest department finally managed to get an image of the tigress in its camera trap along with fresh pugmarks. While the mammoth hunt continues, it would do well to find out just why the big cat has been able to kill so many humans – 13 over two years, at last count.