GUWAHATI: In a shocking incident in the forest region of Assam's Kaziranga National Park, the dead remains of a female Royal Bengal Tiger was found lying in a strange condition.
Ramesh Gogoi, the Eastern Assam Wildlife Divisional forest officer informed that the carcass of the tiger was found in the Sildubi region which is located near the key tourist zone of the Kaziranga National Park.
The female Royal Bengal Tiger found dead was 4 and half years old as informed by forest officials on Tuesday 1st March.
Based on the tiger repository database on camera trap, the tiger has been identified as 'Kazi' said the concerned forest and wildlife authorities.
Meanwhile, nothing much is known about the cause of the tiger's death and investigation has been initiated by the officials as per instruction.
However, it is suspected by officials that poisoning might have led to the death of the tiger near Mihimukh.
Most notably, a dead cow was also found at the same spot near the tiger which hints that the bovine animal was served as bait to the tiger.
Officials suspect that the cow was poisoned and was given to the tiger as food to eat and after this, the Royal Bengal tiger died on spot.
The senior forest officer said that the preliminary offense report has been submitted to the sub-divisional judicial magistrate at Bokakhat.
After thorough observation at the spot, the dead remains of both tiger and cow have been sent for medical observation and for the post-mortem report.
The senior official said that the poisoning of tigers in the region near the main tourist zone is a disturbing trend for all those concerned.
It may be mentioned that in 2021, 4 Royal Bengal tigers were found dead for different reasons in Kaziranga, which is regarded as one of the 7th UNESCO World Heritage sites in India.
The Kaziranga National park is the dwelling of two-thirds of the total world population of one-horned Indian rhinoceros.
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