Now, wild boars kill tiger

  • | Tuesday | 3rd April, 2018

“Fight with wild boars seems to be only reason as we have found boar hair and faecal samples on the spot,” said an officer. Initially, forest officials suspected the tiger was electrocuted or poisoned, but no such evidence was found during autopsy. BHOPAL: After stray dogs wild boars seem to have emerged as a new threat to tigers in Madhya Pradesh An adult tiger has been killed in a fight with a wild boar in Balaghat district, taking the toll of big cat deaths to nine in four months. The sixyear-old tiger’s carcass was spotted in Balaghat’s Logur range — on the Kanha-Pench corridor — late Saturday night and it was recovered on Sunday. DFO Deva Prasad told TOI that the matter is still under investigation.

BHOPAL: After stray dogs wild boars seem to have emerged as a new threat to tigers in Madhya Pradesh An adult tiger has been killed in a fight with a wild boar in Balaghat district, taking the toll of big cat deaths to nine in four months. The sixyear-old tiger’s carcass was spotted in Balaghat’s Logur range — on the Kanha-Pench corridor — late Saturday night and it was recovered on Sunday. Initially, forest officials suspected the tiger was electrocuted or poisoned, but no such evidence was found during autopsy. “Fight with wild boars seems to be only reason as we have found boar hair and faecal samples on the spot,” said an officer. DFO Deva Prasad told TOI that the matter is still under investigation. “Wild boars could be the reason,” said the officer.Foresters examine the tiger’s body in BalaghatBoars use their skull as a battering ramWild boars are very aggressive and fiercely defend themselves, especially if there’s a piglet to be saved.Weighing over 100kg, they use their formidable skull as a battering ram and come armed with sharp tusks.Balaghat is one of the non-protected areas in Kanha-Pench corridor where density of both tiger and prey is comparatively high.This region is also one of the World Wildlife Fund — India TX2 sites, which aims at doubling the number of tigers in the wild by 2020.On September 10, 2013, a three-year-old tiger, P-212, was attacked by a stray dog near Hinouta range inside Panna Tiger reserve in one of the rarest occurrences.The tiger was tranquilised and shifted to enclosure following multiple bites on its nose and tail.Incidents of dogs and wild boars chasing tigers have been reported from other forest areas, too.

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