19 Jan 2020


NAGPUR/CHANDRAPUR: A collared tigress (E-4), whose GPS tracking signal broke down four months ago, was found dead in Gadchiroli forest on Saturday morning during a routine patrol.

Last sighted in December during a ground-tracking exercise, the three-year-old tigress’s carcass was discovered in a decomposed condition in the dense forest falling under the Chatgaon range. Post mortem has ruled out foul play in the tigress’s death, which was collared last year at Brahmapuri.

Chief conservator of forest (CCF), Chandrapur, SV Ramarao said “The carcass seems to be at least two weeks old but we can say that it was a natural death. The skin was intact and no other body part was missing. The carcass was found deep in the forest early in morning and we immediately moved our team members to the spot.”

 

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