Big cat dies at Sariska Tiger Reserve
Rajendra Sharma | TNN | Dec 10, 2018, 07:36 IST
Forest officials with the carcass of ST-4 in Sariska Tiger Reserve.ALWAR: ST-4, a 12-year-old tiger that sustained fatal injuries in a territorial fight with another feline a month ago, died in the Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR) on Sunday.
As per the reports, the wound on the forehead and leg of the male tiger was infested with maggots.
The tiger was consigned to flames.
On November 13, the two tigers ST-4 and ST-6 had a territorial fight in Sariska Tiger Forest Reserve area, in which the former was grievously injured. The tiger was rescued and kept under observation in an enclosure after treatment. Forest officials claimed, tiger ST-4 made a kill inside the enclosure on December 6, after a goat was released.
STR chief conservator of forest Govind Sagar Bhardwaj said, “The tiger was being treated at an enclosure as he had major injuries on one of his legs. His condition deteriorated two days back and he died. Cremation of the body was done after conducting a postmortem, following the guidelines.”
A medical team was constituted and viscera samples will be sent to IVRI for further investigation.
Tiger ST-6, that injured the tiger, was relocated from the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) in 2011. It came into prominence when it attacked assistant conservator of forest Daulat Singh Shekhawat on the outskirts of Ranthambore in Sawai Madhopur district, in August 2010.
As the death of the third big cat is reported in 2018, STR — where a first-of-its-kind tiger translocation programme was taken up in 2008 — faced a major conservation setback.
The tiger reserve, in 2005, was left without any tigers, mainly because of poaching. Following this, a tiger re-population programme was introduced in 2008.
STR, which is spread across 1,281 sq. km area and divided into six ranges, has only 16 tigers. There are five cubs, eight tigresses and three tigers in the park. Sources said, “Unfortunately, the tiger count in Sariska has gone down. Efforts will be made to carry out much-awaited relocation of a male tiger from Ranthambore National Park to Sariska Tiger Reserve soon.”
As per the reports, the wound on the forehead and leg of the male tiger was infested with maggots.
On November 13, the two tigers ST-4 and ST-6 had a territorial fight in Sariska Tiger Forest Reserve area, in which the former was grievously injured. The tiger was rescued and kept under observation in an enclosure after treatment. Forest officials claimed, tiger ST-4 made a kill inside the enclosure on December 6, after a goat was released.
STR chief conservator of forest Govind Sagar Bhardwaj said, “The tiger was being treated at an enclosure as he had major injuries on one of his legs. His condition deteriorated two days back and he died. Cremation of the body was done after conducting a postmortem, following the guidelines.”
A medical team was constituted and viscera samples will be sent to IVRI for further investigation.
Tiger ST-6, that injured the tiger, was relocated from the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) in 2011. It came into prominence when it attacked assistant conservator of forest Daulat Singh Shekhawat on the outskirts of Ranthambore in Sawai Madhopur district, in August 2010.
As the death of the third big cat is reported in 2018, STR — where a first-of-its-kind tiger translocation programme was taken up in 2008 — faced a major conservation setback.
The tiger reserve, in 2005, was left without any tigers, mainly because of poaching. Following this, a tiger re-population programme was introduced in 2008.
STR, which is spread across 1,281 sq. km area and divided into six ranges, has only 16 tigers. There are five cubs, eight tigresses and three tigers in the park. Sources said, “Unfortunately, the tiger count in Sariska has gone down. Efforts will be made to carry out much-awaited relocation of a male tiger from Ranthambore National Park to Sariska Tiger Reserve soon.”
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