Everybody wondered why the tiger didn’t eat the dog — after all, they were stuck barely a foot apart in a deep pit on a private cardamom plantation at Kadukkacity in Vandanmedu grama panchayat in Idukki for more than five hours on Sunday.
Kottayam Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) offered an explanation that surprised many: in moments of shared peril, the instinct to survive can overrule the impulse to hunt. “In such situations, wild animals usually don’t attack; their only aim is to escape the danger. An extraordinary glimpse of wilderness grace where survival eclipsed savagery.” said Mr. Rajesh.
