Maharashtra: 10-year-old tigress' death sends officials in a tizzy

Mumbai | Tuesday | 5th March, 2019

Summary:

Boar Fight SuspectedForest officials believe she died either of old age or due to injuries from a fight with a wild boar as one was found 100 m away "The wild boar connection is being drawn as a half-eaten boar was also found around 100 metres from the body. On Sunday, a forest guard on patrol found the dead tiger in the Akot range, which falls in the buffer zone of the Melghat tiger project. Forest officials said that the exact cause will be determined only after the histopathology report comes in. The tigress named T-35 had marked her territory in the Narnala area of the tiger project division along with the adjoining buffer zone..