A tigress at the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand was declared dead after it succumbed to injuries on Saturday.
According to Corbett National Park's veterinarian Rajeev Singh, the tigress broke its leg 10-15 days earlier making it unable to feed itself.
Singh said that hunger might have been the cause of death.
"I was informed that a tigress was hurt. I was on my way to look at it when I was informed that it succumbed to injuries. But after prima facie, it seems the tigress' right leg is broken," Singh said.
"It also seems it used to move by dragging its feet. The bone too was jutting out, and maybe that is why it wasn't able to hunt and drink water which could be reason for its death," he added.
It was recently reported that 34 tiger cubs were sighted at the national park, creating a positive buzz of increasing number of tigers.
The Jim Corbett National Park has a tiger population of around 160, which makes it the last and most important bastion of this endangered species in India.
Singh said that hunger might have been the cause of death.
"I was informed that a tigress was hurt. I was on my way to look at it when I was informed that it succumbed to injuries. But after prima facie, it seems the tigress' right leg is broken," Singh said.
"It also seems it used to move by dragging its feet. The bone too was jutting out, and maybe that is why it wasn't able to hunt and drink water which could be reason for its death," he added.
It was recently reported that 34 tiger cubs were sighted at the national park, creating a positive buzz of increasing number of tigers.
The Jim Corbett National Park has a tiger population of around 160, which makes it the last and most important bastion of this endangered species in India.
Earlier, last month, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh had said that the number of tigers had gone up from 1,411 to 1,636 as per a 2010 census.
Source: dailyindia.com
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