UP: Tigress carcass discovered, seek introduced after ‘cubs noticed’, says woodland officer
An afternoon after the carcass of a five-year-old tigress used to be discovered within the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, a seek used to be introduced on Tuesday to track 4 of its cubs that “had been perhaps noticed by way of a woodland respectable”.
District Wooded area Officer (Pilibhit Tiger Reserve) Naveen Khandelwal mentioned the hunt used to be initiated after an respectable suspected that he would possibly have noticed the cubs.
“Certainly one of our team of workers individuals mentioned he noticed some tiger cubs from a distance. However there’s a risk that they had been cats. So, as a precautionary measure, we’ve got introduced an in depth seek for the cubs. Until now, we’ve got no longer discovered any strains, however the seek will proceed for some other day or two,” mentioned Khandelwal.
“We discovered the tigress lifeless on Monday. A autopsy exam has been carried out. Until now, the findings divulge no unnatural accidents, ruling out the potential of poaching. We suspect that the tigress died all through a combat with some other tiger, or because of some illness,” mentioned Khandelwal. DM Pilibhit, Pulkit Khare, mentioned the autopsy exam of the tigress used to be accomplished at Indian Veterinary Analysis Institute.
