Bhopal: The Forest official of Madhya Pradesh Monday said that a tiger cub was found dead in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR). It is suspected that a seven or eight months old cub – was killed in an attack by a male tiger. Two days ago, forest guards saw a tigress, a tiger, and two babies in the region.
Some forest beat guards on Sunday spotted the carcass, having serious injury marks on head, stomach, back and ears, in the Dhamokhar buffer zone near Barbaspur area of the reserve, BTR’s field director B S Annigeri said.
After an autopsy, the carcass was disposed of as per guidelines of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), he added.
According to the All-India Tiger Estimation Report 2018, Madhya Pradesh was home to 526 tigers, the highest in any state in the country.
(Smit Soni)