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Dead tiger cub found floating at Talodi

The district, which accounts for a significant tiger population in Maharashtra, also saw an incident of man-animal conflict with a leopard injuring five people

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The state forest department recovered the carcass of a tiger cub at Talodi near Chandrapur district on Thursday. The district, which accounts for a significant tiger population in Maharashtra, also saw an incident of man-animal conflict with a leopard injuring five people.

Since April 1, the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) and the neighbouring Chandrapur territorial circle saw eight people being killed in tiger and bear attacks. This indicates a rise in man-animal conflict as human population and numbers of tigers and wild animals are both increasing.

A forest department official said they found the body of a two-month-old tiger cub floating in a pond near Govindpur in the Brahmapuri forest division. "This seems to be a natural death as the body parts are intact," the official said. However, he added a post-mortem will be conducted.

In another incident, the official added, a leopard had attacked and injured five people at Manemohadi near Talodi. "We have sealed one side of a pipe in which the leopard is hiding, and have kept a trap at the other side to catch him. However, the crowd outside is huge which has led to the leopard refusing to come out," he explained.

Three of the injured in the incident, Giridhar Mundhare (45), Vikas Jiwtode (35) and Daulat Dhadse (55) have been sent for medical treatment to Chandrapur city and two of the victims, whose injuries are minor, are being treated at a local hospital.

The TATR and Chandrapur territorial area have a healthy tiger populatiob. According to last year's camera trapping exercise, there are 61 and 43 tigers respectively, the highest in Maharashtra. Officials admit that this has caused 'overpopulation' and thus, conflict.

Maharashtra tiger population was around 190 in 2014, up from 169 in 2010. The tiger census results, released in 2014, said India has 2,226 tigers, up from 1,706 in 2010.

The state has six tiger reserves — Pench, Tadoba- Andhari, Melghat, Navegaon-Nagzira, Sahyadri, Bor and Navegaon-Nagzira.

IN SHORT

  • The cub that was found was only two-months old, according to forest department officials.
     
  • Officials said the cub died naturally as the body was intact.
     
  • In another incident, a leopard had attacked five people. Of the five injured, three were sent to nearest city hospital.
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