Mysuru: The carcasses of a tigress and a tusker have been present in two separate places in Kodagu district on Monday. Prima facia, poaching is ruled out in both cases.
According to officials, an eight-year-old tigress was once discovered useless in Kuntur range in Nagarhole tiger reserve in Kodagu. The authorities suspect that it died after a ferocious combat with any other tiger. “It is clear from the damaged cranium due to dog bite at three places,” stated K M Narayana Swamy, field director, Nagarhole nationwide park.
“This loss of life is not associated with poaching,” he clarified. According to the authorities, last week, any other tiger was once discovered useless in the similar location. “We got here to grasp in regards to the tiger loss of life on Sunday night time and in an instant rushed to the spot,” he stated.
In the second one incident, a 12-year-old tusker was once discovered useless in Kalathmadu of Kalathmadu-Hosakote range. It turns out the elephant had drowned in a pond within a coffee plantation.
According to the woodland authorities, the plantation labourers who noticed the tusker’s carcass, alerted them. Immediately, senior officials rushed to the spot and the carcass was once taken out from the pond.
Speaking to TOI, woodland division veterinarian Dr Mujeeb stated that as in keeping with the autopsy record, the primary purpose for loss of life is drowning. “The frame was once stuffed with pond water. The frame place additionally prompt the similar,” he stated.
“We used metal detectors to seek out whether or not the elephant has any bullet injuries. But not anything was once traced in the metal detector. So, the possibility of firing at the elephant is ruled out,” he stated.
He additionally defined that the tusker would have died just about four days ago. “We had won knowledge on Sunday that an elephant is in the locality. But these days we discovered its frame,” he stated.
According to officials, an eight-year-old tigress was once discovered useless in Kuntur range in Nagarhole tiger reserve in Kodagu. The authorities suspect that it died after a ferocious combat with any other tiger. “It is clear from the damaged cranium due to dog bite at three places,” stated K M Narayana Swamy, field director, Nagarhole nationwide park.
“This loss of life is not associated with poaching,” he clarified. According to the authorities, last week, any other tiger was once discovered useless in the similar location. “We got here to grasp in regards to the tiger loss of life on Sunday night time and in an instant rushed to the spot,” he stated.
In the second one incident, a 12-year-old tusker was once discovered useless in Kalathmadu of Kalathmadu-Hosakote range. It turns out the elephant had drowned in a pond within a coffee plantation.
According to the woodland authorities, the plantation labourers who noticed the tusker’s carcass, alerted them. Immediately, senior officials rushed to the spot and the carcass was once taken out from the pond.
Speaking to TOI, woodland division veterinarian Dr Mujeeb stated that as in keeping with the autopsy record, the primary purpose for loss of life is drowning. “The frame was once stuffed with pond water. The frame place additionally prompt the similar,” he stated.
“We used metal detectors to seek out whether or not the elephant has any bullet injuries. But not anything was once traced in the metal detector. So, the possibility of firing at the elephant is ruled out,” he stated.
He additionally defined that the tusker would have died just about four days ago. “We had won knowledge on Sunday that an elephant is in the locality. But these days we discovered its frame,” he stated.
Tiger, elephant found dead in Kodagu, poaching ruled out
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