Another tigress dies, now in Kanha

BHOPAL: One more feline died in world famous Kanha Tiger Reserve (KTR) on Saturday, taking the big cat deaths to three in last five days in Madhya Pradesh - which had lost its tag of tiger state to Karnataka last year.

“The tigress was found gasping for breath in the morning by a patrol party in Kisli range. Elephants and staff rushed to be spot for rescue it but it died,” KTR field director J S Chauhan told TOI.

He said the circumstantial evidence doesn’t suggest that the tiger was poached by poisoning. “We are waiting for the post-mortem report,” Chauhan said.