On Wednesday, the body of a 2-year-old tiger was found hanging from a tree in the Panna Tiger reserve in Vikrampur, Madhya Pradesh.
According to forest officials, they were alerted to a male tiger being found dead in the Vikrampur forest on Tuesday night. When the officials reached the spot on Wednesday morning, they found the animal hanging from a tree with a clutch wire (used in vehicles) around its neck.
It is a mystery how the heavy tiger, about two years old, got trapped in the wire and hung from a tree, the official said.
“We are probing how and under what circumstances the tiger was killed. We have also taken the samples and veterinarians have conducted the autopsy to find out the cause of the death,” Chattarpur range’s forest conservator Sanjeev Jha said.
The wire is generally used by poachers to trap animals but officials suspect that the trap may have been laid by the villagers to catch another animal and accidentally caught the tiger.
“A dog squad from Satna has reached the scene along with the state Tiger Strike Force. After the findings from the dog squad’s initial assessment, we will know the cause of the death. We are asking villagers in the area to come forward and share any information about this incident,” Jha said.
“We made an appeal to the nearby villagers that if they have any confidential information, they share it with us. Action will be taken against the alleged poachers under the Wildlife Protection Act,” said the police.
