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A 10-year-old boy was recently killed by a tiger in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve's Metikuppe wildlife region.

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Nagarahole Tiger Reserve is located in the Mysore and Kodagu districts of Karnataka.

• Its name, "Nagarahole," means "snake stream" in Kannada, and it's named after a small river that flows through the area, eventually joining the Kabini River.

The reserve is bordered by the Bandipur Tiger Reserve to the southeast and the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala to the southwest.

• It's also a part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.

Its history dates back to the time of the Wodeyar dynasty, the former rulers of the Kingdom of Mysore, who used it as an exclusive hunting ground.

• It was established as a wildlife sanctuary in 1955 by Coorg State, later becoming a national park in 1988.
• In 1999, it was designated as a Tiger Reserve under Project Tiger.

Nagarahole's forests consist mainly of deciduous trees.

The eastern part of the reserve has dry deciduous forests, while the western areas, with higher rainfall, feature tropical moist and semi-evergreen forests.

Throughout the reserve, you'll find swampy areas called 'hadlu,' rich in grasses and sedges, which are favored by herbivores.

The region is known for commercially valuable trees like rosewood, teak, sandalwood, and silver oak.

In terms of wildlife, Nagarahole is home to a diverse range of species, including tigers, leopards, wild dogs, sloth bears, Asiatic elephants, gaurs, sambar deer, chital deer, muntjacs, and four-horned antelopes, among others.