21 August 24

NILGIRIS: An adult and a sub-adult tiger were found dead at the Sussex Estate in Bitherkad forest range in Gudalur on Tuesday. Postmortem examination revealed they had consumed a wild boar that had been poisoned. Sources in the forest department said its staff spotted the carcass of the sub-adult tiger in the pathway of the tea estate.

The animal had external bleeding injuries. Following National Tiger Conservation Authority guidelines, the staff perambulated a 500m radius area and found an adult tiger, believed to be the mother, dead in a swampy marsh.

The team also noticed the carcass of a wild boar within 200m. “The big cats had consumed a portion of the wild boar. During postmortem, veterinarians found wild boar flesh in their stomachs.

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