Wild life cameras haunt females
The Citizen|November 26, 2024
Camera traps, drones and other technology for monitoring wildlife like tigers and elephants are being used to intimidate, harass and even spy on women in India, researchers said yesterday.

In one particularly egregious example, a photo of an autistic woman relieving herself in the forest was shared by local men on social media, prompting villagers to destroy nearby camera traps.

Trishant Simlai, a researcher at the UK's Cambridge University, spent 14 months interviewing about 270 people who live near the Corbett Tiger Reserve in northern India.

This story is from the November 26, 2024 edition of The Citizen.

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