On Tuesday, the body of 10-year-old male tiger T 65 was found lying in the water at Kharaya Chatha located in Khandar range of Ranthambore Tiger Project. This sad news has come from Ranthambore Wildlife Sanctuary on Tuesday.
As soon as the information was received, the forest officials of Ranthambore reached the spot and took possession of the carcass of the tiger and sent it to Rajbagh Naka, the city of Sawai Madhopur district headquarters. Veterinarians cremated the body of Tiger T 65 after post-mortem in the presence of Forest, Police and Administrative Officers.
No marks of injury or serious wounds were found anywhere on the tiger's body. This tiger is most likely to have a heart attack. On the morning of 25 June 2016, the body of 11-year-old tigress T-11 was also found in Ranthambore in a similar manner.
It has been revealed in the post-mortem that the tiger T-65 died after 12 o'clock on Monday night. No fatal injury marks were found on the tiger's body. In such a situation, there is no possibility of this tiger having conflict with other tigers. At the same time, other wildlife of the sanctuary are still drinking water in the water hole in which the tiger carcass was found in the sanctuary.
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Veterinarian C P Meena told that there was a lot of congestion in the liver and heart of the tiger. There was blood in both the valves of the heart. Samples have been taken by the Forest Department for corona examination including tiger's viscera and blood. The samples taken from the carcass of the tiger will be sent to IVRI Izzatnagar, Bareilly and Bharatpur labs for testing. The cause of death will be clear only after the report comes.
Experts say that even the suspicion of the tiger being sick cannot be ruled out. Because if the tiger was elderly, it is natural to die due to natural causes, but many questions are being raised on the death of the tiger in the water. In this way death is pointing towards his illness. The tiger may have died of a heart attack.
Bleeding found inside stomach
Bleeding has been found inside the liver (abdomen). There was water in the tiger's lungs. The team has taken samples after post-mortem. The samples will be sent to IVRI and forensic lab for examination. The real cause of death will be known only after investigation. CP Meena, Senior Veterinarian Ranthambore National Park
Forest guards found tiger carcass in water during trekking
At around 9 am on Tuesday morning, the forest department team was trekking the tigers in the sanctuary. Meanwhile, a tiger appeared in the middle of the water in Kharaya Chatha of the sanctuary.
When he did not move in the middle of the water for a long time, they became apprehensive and looked closer and came to know about the death of this tiger.
Top officials of the forest department reached the spot and the body was pulled out from the water. The tiger who died has been identified as Tiger T-65. It was born in 2011.
Post-mortem team member Dr. C.P. Meena's statement
- The tiger was perfect from above, with two small fresh bruises near its nose, which may have been caused by a thorn or while catching prey. The said injury cannot be the cause of his death.
- The tiger's liver and spleen as well as blood had accumulated in the ventricle field of the heart, indicating that he may have had a heart attack.
- There are no initial signs of the tiger being bitten by a snake or any other venomous animal. The marks near the nose are also not found with this.
- The liver of this tiger had turned black. The liver of a normally healthy tiger is pink in colour. Its liver was very bad, that could also be the cause of death.
- The cause of death is most likely to be a heart attack or liver failure.
Which tiger was T 65?
The male tigress T-65 was the ten-year-old son of tigress T-19 Krishna. Tigress T19 gave birth to three cubs in 2011. There were two males and one female cub. The Forest Department named them T 63 (female cub) and T 64, T 65 (male cub).
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Three tigers died in last three months in Ranthambore
In the last three months, three tigers have died in Ranthambore, while eight cubs have also been born in Ranthambore in three months. According to the data of the Forest Department, at present there are 68 tigers in Ranthambore.
Earlier, a cub of tigress T 60 and a female cub of tigress T 102 had died. The forest department had attributed the death of both the cubs to a territorial fight.