A tigress was found dead on Saturday at Hinauta range of Madhya Pradesh’s Panna Tiger Reserve in Panna district.
“We got to know that a tigress around 11-year-old christened T-5 has been found dead in the core area of the reserve,” PTR field director Vivek Jain said.
“I don’t have much details of it as I am in Delhi right now. But I have been informed that initial findings suggest that the striped animal died in a territorial fight with another big cat,” he said. We are going to conduct the post-mortem of the tigress according to the guidelines of National Tiger Conservation Authority , he added.
No tigers in 2009
PTR made headlines in early 2009 when it became devoid of tigers following poaching and other reasons.
After that a tiger reintroduction and revival programme was launched there following which the big cat population has reached over twenty-five now.
