Madhya Pradesh: Tiger found dead at Kanha reserve

Madhya Pradesh: Tiger found dead at Kanha reserve

PTIUpdated: Thursday, December 05, 2019, 08:14 PM IST
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Mandla: The carcass of a tiger, who is suspected to have died of electrocution, was found at Madhya Pradesh's Kanha Tiger Reserve, a forest official said on Thursday.

A patrolling team of the forest department found the one-week-old carcass in Mangli beat under Motinala buffer zone of the reserve on Wednesday evening, KTR's field director L Krishnamurthy said.

Wildlife veterinarians suspect that the tiger may have died due to electrocution, an official said.

A post-mortem was conducted and the big cat was cremated on Thursday, as per the protocol of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), he added.

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