Summary:
Bhopal: The tiger that was shot with a vintage musket died on Saturday after 13 days of struggle. All along the vets tried to save the tiger by feeding it intravenously.Its backbone smashed in two places, the king of beasts hung on for 11 days. After it death, vets found a second pellet and small entry wounds that had escaped detection, one of them on the spine. It became quickly clear that the tiger, which should have been in the prime of health, was paralysed.For a couple of days, vets couldn't understand what was wrong with it. It was surgically removed on April 11 but experts feared that the tiger was unlikely to survive as the pellet had shattered its spine..