Big Cats Unsafe In India’s Tiger Capital

The carcass was spotted by a mahout of the forest department close to Kabini backwaters at the Baraballi beat in D B Kuppe wildlife range of the national park. “The mahout found the carcass on Thursday morning while searching for an elephant and immediately tipped us off. The animal, which appeared six or seven years old, might have died a few days ago. It was a natural death," said principal chief conservator of forest (wildlife) B K Singh.

Forest officials, however, ruled out the role of poachers in the death of the tiger, saying: “After the tiger's death, local people might have stolen its nails and teeth. Post mortem reports have revealed that it was a natural death." Read the full report here.

Source: Niranjan Kaggere, Bangalore Mirror, Bangalore.