Not Just Cheetah, Madhya Pradesh Also Lost Three Tigers Including A White Tigress In Past Few Days
At a time when the death of 'Daksha', a female Cheetah that was translocated from South Africa to Kuno National Park, is making headlines, it has been revealed that Madhya Pradesh also lost three tigers recently.
According to MP Forest officials, three tigers, including a white feline and a cub, recently died in different reserves and forest areas in Madhya Pradesh.
Vindhya, the first white tigress of Mukundpur
The white feline died in Mukundpur White Tiger Safari in Rewa district. A tiger and a cub died in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in the Umaria district and the Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) core area in Seoni district, respectively.
BTR deputy field director Lavit Bharti said the decomposed body of the tiger, aged 10 to 12 years, was found in the Panpatha buffer zone two days back.
The 16-year-old white tiger named Vindhya died after a prolonged illness, Divisional Forest Officer Vipin Patel said.
The wild animal stopped consuming food for the past few days and died in the early hours of Tuesday, he said.
Vindhya was the first feline in Mukundpur Safari and Zoo when it was set up in 2016 in Rewa district, said Patel.
Tiger cub dies in infighting
PTR Deputy Director Rajneesh Singh said the remains of the cub, aged 7 to 8 months, were found on Tuesday morning in the Karmajhiri core area of the reserve.
The cub might have died during a territorial fight with a powerful tiger as most of the carcass was found eaten, he said.
Third Cheetah death in KNP
On Tuesday, KNP, now home to the translocated cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa, lost yet another feline, making it the third fatality in 42 days.
The female Cheetah 'Daksha', which was translocated from South Africa in February, died after it was injured during a fight between two males over mating.
"Daksha was found in injured condition in the morning by a monitoring team of KNP. She was immediately given necessary medication and treatment, but she died around noon," JS Chouhan, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife), said.
He said Daksha was released in enclosure number one, and two male cheetahs, Vayu and Agni, were released in boma (enclosure) number 7.
The gate connecting enclosure number one with enclosure number seven was opened on May 1 for the mating of cheetahs, the official added.
"It appears the two male cheetahs turned violent during mating which is a normal thing. Such a scenario makes it difficult for the monitoring team to interfere. The nature of injuries of Daksha prima facie indicate a violent interaction possibly during mating," the forest official said.
'Sasha', a female Cheetah that was part first batch that was translocated had, died on March 27 due to what officials say was a pre-existing renal condition.
Less than a month later, 'Uday', a male Cheetah translocated from South Africa, died on April 23.
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