Ranthambore Latest News: There is a bad news for wildlife lovers from Ranthambore National Park. The rotten carcass of the tigress T-60 cub was found, the insects had fallen; Cremation done after post mortem
There is a wave of mourning among all tiger lovers from the bad news of the death of tigress T-60 cub on Thursday from Ranthambore National Park. A four-to-five-day-old carcass of a tigress T60 cub has been found in Gandhara area of zone number two of Ranthambore National Park.
The cub's age is stated to be five months. The cub's body was found in the form of a skeleton.
As soon as the information was received, forest officials reached the spot and conducted a post-mortem of the cub and cremated it.
DFO Mahendra Sharma said, "It appears that the cub died four to five days ago. During the autopsy, it was revealed that the tiger cub's injuries indicated that it was the victim of a carnivorous animal.
The body of a five-month-old cub of tigress T-60 was found in the Gandhara forest area on Thursday, where movement of tigress T-63 as well as intruder male tiger T57 was recorded.
According to forest staff, the area of big cats in the area is overlapping and the tiger T120 is also frequently seen in the area.
DFO Mahendra Sharma said, the movement of Male Tiger T-57 and female tiger T-63 was recorded at the waterhole in Gandhara area, where the tigress T-60 was seen for the first time with her cub. "It was seen that the T-60 was roaring continuously. Following the signal our team began surveillance and the remains of the cub were found. Recovering the body after three to four days is a difficult task, as it disintegrates very quickly in the wild, "he said.
This cub was from the third litter of the tigress T-60. There are traces of canine of territorial fighting in the body of the cub. There were maggots (worms) in the whole body of the cub. PCCF and Chief Wildlife Warden Shri Mohanlal Meena Jaipur, TC Verma, Chief Conservator of Forests Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, Superintendent of Police Sudhir Chaudhary, etc. were present on the occasion.
The growing tiger population in Ranthambore National Park is becoming a challenge for the forest department. Often tigers struggle for territory. Conflict between tigers is increasing.
The Ranthambore Tiger Reserve is spread over an area of over 1700 sq km. Out of which only tiger can use 600 sq km. Ranthambore Tiger Reserve has a buffer area of 1,342 sq km. The Ranthambore Sanctuary has a core area of 392 sq km. The Ranthambore Tiger Reserve has a total tiger population of 70 including 23 males, 29 females and 18 cubs.
A wildlife expert said, "In a recent trend, it was observed that the tigress of Ranthambore is giving birth to cubs outside the park to provide safe habitat." For example, the tigress T-102 gave birth to her cubs in the Ama Ghati region. Similarly, photographs of tigress T-107 were captured with cubs in a photo trap camera in Amareshwar forest area of Ranthambore National Park. "