The official also said that a male tiger captured in Chandrapur and taken to the center on June 12 died on Monday morning. (Archive / representational)
A TIGRESA that was lost in a village was captured and taken to the Gorewada rescue center in Nagpur on Sunday night and Monday, while a “troubled” tiger, who had killed five people in Chandrapur and was captured by the department forest, died in El center on Monday morning.
According to the forest department, the tigress had broken into a house on the fringes of Baamni village around 6.30 pm in Nagbhid Tehsil in the Chandrapur district on Sunday night. “We found out that he had entered the village of Baamni. A team went there and, around 10:30 pm, captured the tigress after many riots; there were numerous spectators, “said chief conservative of Forest Rama Rao.
He added: “The tigress was found wounded and sent to the Gorewada rescue center for treatment.”
A senior Nagpur official said: “The tigress appears to be old with blunt canines and has a neck injury, which appears to be caused by cheating.”
The official also said that a male tiger captured from Chandrapur and taken to the center on June 12 died on Monday morning. “He was panting in the morning and then he was silent,” he said.
The official added: “He had been showing aggression since he was brought to the center and was not eating much. Doctors perform an autopsy and we will know the cause of death only after that. We have not ruled out the snakebite.
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