Orphaned Tiger Cub Killed In MP

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 30 No. 8, August 2010

 

The three cubs had been orphaned when their mother got run over by a vehicle inside the park and died a day later, on May 19. A National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) probe had revealed that the tigress was run over by one of the two vehicles allowed inside the park after visiting hours, on May 18. One vehicle, according to the probe, had forest officials and the other had a local political leader. Read the full report here.

 

Source: Milind Ghatwai, Indian Express, Bhopal.

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