Tiger found dead in Khawasa range of Seoni Forest Circle
| Date :12-Dec-2019 |
Staff Reporter :
A three-year-old tiger was found dead in Khawasa range of South Forest Circle of Seoni on Wednesday. The carcass has been found very close to a nullah at Khandasa Road under Khawasa Beat. Locals of the area spotted carcass and made the new viral on social media. Forest Department was informed about the incident through social media and immediately sent team to seize the carcass. Samples have been taken for post-mortem report. Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) South Forest L K Vasnik said, “we have seized the carcass and investigation has been started. Currently, we cannot say about the reason as post-mortem report is yet to be released.”
He further informed that all body parts of tiger are intact. A day before this incident (December 10), leopard was found dead in Devra village very close to Panna Tiger Reserve. Dog squad team of MP Forest Department started investigation of the case. As carcass was found during late evening, post-mortem could not be held on the same day. Officials conducted the post-mortem of leopard on Wednesday morning. Within six days, two tigers and one leopard died in Madhya Pradesh which raised the anger of wildlife lovers.
On December 5, a tiger was found dead at Kanha Tiger Reserve. Autopsy suspected that the tiger was died of electrocution. Forest officials were put on toes after week-long old carcass was found in buffer zone of Kanha. The incident happened in Mangli beta of Motinala buffer zone of the reserve that raised hackles of wildlife and experts. Autopsy suggested that the animal was electrocuted when it came in contact with live electric wire set up by the poachers. Forest team has seized the carcass of tiger and sent sample for further post-mortem. Forest Department has also arrested a few villagers to investigate the case.
Tiger saves self? A day before, a young tiger was trapped by poachers in Bhanpur beat of Bhopal Forest Circle. However, the tiger broke the trap and ran away towards Sehore jungle. Forest officials were informed about the incident after a few hours and they immediately reached the spot but they did not find anything as tiger had already moved inside the jungle. Sources said that poachers plotted the trap for deer and other wildlife in which tiger was trapped. As the net was weak, the tiger easily broke the net and set himself free. However, forest official denied confirming the news as there were no proof of such incident.