Two tiger and one elephant found dead in Bandipur and Nagarahole National Parks

Chamarajanagara/Mysuru, Nov 23(UNI) Two tiger and one Elephant
found dead in Bandipur Tiger Reserve and Nagarahole National Park
in Chamarajnaagara and Mysuru district on Friday.

In the first incident a Tiger, which has been causing concern to the
villagers in the border of Bandipur, was found dead at Kalaiahkatte
forest range in the Tiger Reserve and aged a about 10 to 12 years.

Following complaints from the villagers and a series of tiger sightings,
a team of Forest Department officials launched a tiger tracing
operation near Penajalli and surrounding forest areas. The tigers had
killed many domestic animals in the surroundings and had become a
head ache for villagers.

During the combing operation along with tamed elephants Drona and
Ashoka Dasra elephants one the tiger was found dead this afternoon.

The Conservator of Forests and Director of Bandipur Tiger Reserve
Ambadi Madhav said post-mortem was conducted and the samples of
the viscera of the tiger and sent to the Institute of Animal Health and
Veterinary Biological, Bengaluru, for analysis to ascertain the exact
cause of death.

In another incident in Nagarahole National Park a tiger aged about 10
years was found dead and it was suspected by the forest officials that
death might be due to territorial fight between two tigers at Kalhalla
forest range in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve. Postmortem report awaited.

In the same area a elephant was found dead and it was also suspected
to death due to fight between elephants. Bandipur is among the best landscape for Tigers and harbours nearly 110 to 130 tigers besides a rich density of elephants. But the national park is also surrounded by nearly 150 villages and hence conflicts are also high. Last year, as many as four tiger deaths were reported from Bandipur and 11 tigers died in the adjoining Nagarahole. UNI BSP MSP SKB1955

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