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Rajasthan: Carcass of 10-year-old tiger found in Ranthambore waterhole | Jaipur News
JAIPUR: The carcass of a 10-year-old tiger identifed as T-65 was found floating in a waterhole near Khariya Chata in Khandar range of Ranthambore reserve forest around 9am on Tuesday.
The forest staff, which saw the carcass, informed the senior staff members, who reached on the spot to take stock of the situation. The carcass was then taken out of water.
A forest staff said, “An old tiger T-3 is also living in the same territory. Earlier, there were apprehensions that it could be the old tiger. But later we realised it was T-65.”
The male tiger was born to tigress T-19. Though, the forest department did not ascertain the exact cause of death even after postmortem, it was claimed the big cat either died due to a cardiac arrest or snake bite as there were no injury marks on the body. Any kind of foul play was refuted by the forest department.
A senior official said, “Samples have been sent to the Indian Vet Research Institute (IVRI), Izzatnagar. The carcass was cremated as per protocol.”
As per official records, out of the 68 tigers left in the national park, 52 are adult big cats (30 tigresses and 21 tigers) in RTR-1, the highest in its history.
The forest staff, which saw the carcass, informed the senior staff members, who reached on the spot to take stock of the situation. The carcass was then taken out of water.
A forest staff said, “An old tiger T-3 is also living in the same territory. Earlier, there were apprehensions that it could be the old tiger. But later we realised it was T-65.”
The male tiger was born to tigress T-19. Though, the forest department did not ascertain the exact cause of death even after postmortem, it was claimed the big cat either died due to a cardiac arrest or snake bite as there were no injury marks on the body. Any kind of foul play was refuted by the forest department.
A senior official said, “Samples have been sent to the Indian Vet Research Institute (IVRI), Izzatnagar. The carcass was cremated as per protocol.”
As per official records, out of the 68 tigers left in the national park, 52 are adult big cats (30 tigresses and 21 tigers) in RTR-1, the highest in its history.
