The women, who previously found sanctuary in the forest away from their male-dominated villages, told Simlai they feel watched and inhibited by camera traps, so talk and sing much more quietly. This ...

Illustration shows series of events after a woman’s image  photographed by a camera trap was circulated on local whatsapp and Facebook groups.

Cambridge researcher Dr Trishant Simlai spent 14 months interviewing 270 locals living around the Corbett Tiger Reserve, a national park in northern India, including many women from nearby villages.

Trishant Simlai conducting a focus group discussion with local women living near Corbett Tiger Reserve, a national park in northern India. The women told Simlai that new technologies, deployed under ...

Women behave differently when they see camera traps - often putting themselves in danger of wild animal attacks as a result by being quieter, or going deeper into the forest ...

Local women sing while collecting firewood in the forest, to deter attacks by elephants and tigers. When they see camera traps they feel inhibited because they don’t know who’s watching or listening ...