Two tigers die in Kanha

Two tigers have died at Kanha Tiger Reserve (KTR) in Madhya Pradesh, taking the death toll of big cats in the state to 20 since May last year.

The latest death reports came at a time when a team formed by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is probing the big cat deaths in the State.

“A tiger and a tigress have died in our park,” KTR field director J S Chauhan said on Tuesday.

The carcass of the 14-year-old tiger was found in Supkar range of the park on April 16. It died of starvation as it was unable to hunt due to advanced age, a common occurrence in the big cat family, he claimed.

The tigress was found dead in Mukki range of KTR on Monday. It died after sustaining injuries to its head in a fight with a tiger, Mr Chauhan said. With these two deaths, 20 tigers have died in Madhya Pradesh’s forests in the last 12 months. Some of them were killed by poachers.

- PTI