Bengaluru: Tigers are often being poisoned in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve and its buffer. The carcass of a tigress and a sub-adult cub were found 75 metres apart in Sussex Tea Estate in Gudalur on August 20. The tigress had killed a big wild boar and had partly eaten it. Some miscreants had poisoned the wild boar carcass. Died after devouring the poisoned carcass: According to Joseph Hoover, Wild wildlife conservationist, both the tigress and its cub died after devouring the poisoned carcass. It should be recalled two tigers were poisoned to death near Avalanche Dam adjoining Mudumalai in the second week of September 2023. Subsequently, six cubs died of starvation in the Segur range (Mudumalai buffer) in two separate incidents. Frequent deaths of tigers in Mudumalai: The mothers had been poached. But Mudumalai buffer deputy director Arun Kumar has yet to let us know the whereabouts of the two tigress. These frequent deaths of tigers in Mudumalai are a reflection of the seriousness of Fie...
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