5 year Old tiger dies within minutes of being tranquilized

Pilibhit: A five-year-old tiger that had attacked and injured five persons over the weekend, died 15 minutes after it was tranquilized at the Jari village on Sunday evening in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR). The forest officials claimed that the big cat died of wounds, some wildlife activists suspect that it died due to overdose of tranquilizers. The tiger had strayed out of the range of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) and attacked three people in Jari village under the Gajraula police circle on Friday morning. It had also attacked a team of forest force personnel that had come to drive it back to the reserve. The presence of the tiger had brought agricultural activities to a virtual standstill at Jari village. A team of forest personnel that was camping in the village, had been closely monitoring the tiger's movement by installing camera traps in the area. A team of veterinary officers, headed by doctor S.K. Rathore, also arrived in the village on Sunday in order to tranquilize the tiger and later release into the wild. The tiger was spotted and tranquilizer darts were fired on it. But the big cat died within 15 minutes after it was tranquilized. Deputy director of PTR Naveen Khandelwal said the tiger collapsed during the period it was under medical observation. (IANS) 

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