Tigress Avni

Devendra Fadnavis says decision to kill tigress Avni was difficult, calls Maneka Gandhi's remarks 'harsh'

Shafat Ali Khan, private hunter tasked with 'taking down' tigress Avni, has history of run-ins with animal conservationists

The decision to seek Khan's services to shoot Avni dead had angered animal rights activists before the death of the tigress and led to an even stronger condemnation after she was killed.

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