{"id":489703,"date":"2023-09-25T19:34:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=489703"},"modified":"2023-09-25T19:34:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:04:30","slug":"tiger-death-tamil-nadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/tiger-death-tamil-nadu\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger death toll reaches 10 in Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ten tigers have died over 35 days in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu according to the National Tigers Commission. A team of National Tiger Commission crime Branch went to Ooty to investigate the matter. The team included Central Forest Animal Research Centre Senior Scientist Ramesh Krishna Murthy, Central Forest Animal Crime Prevention Unit South Zone Director Kripa Shankar and Inspector General Murali Kumar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The death of the 10 tigers including 6 cubs has caused great controversy. The enviornmentalists are demanding a high level inquiry into the ongoing deaths of tiger in Mudumalai, a tiger reserve. The forest department has not been able to find the two mother tigresses of the dead tiger cubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the mother tiger never leaves her cubs more than 200 metres away. An investigation is being conducted. It may be possible the dead tigers may have been hunted. The National tigers Commission crime Branch will investigate the reason for the tiger deaths IN the Nilgiri district forrest area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Report on recent Tiger Deaths reported in Nilgiris &#8211; Field Director, Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, dated 21.9.23 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ASrxrXyXzX\">pic.twitter.com\/ASrxrXyXzX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tamil Nadu Forest Department (@tnforestdept) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tnforestdept\/status\/1704879023195910275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the investigation is over, the team will visit the Chinna Coonoor area. Four tiger cubs had previously died in the area. A tiger cub was found dead in the sgur forest area in China Coonoor in the Nilgiris on September 19. On examining the dead cub the forest veterinarian of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve said he was severely dehydrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Report on Tiger cubs death in Nilgiris by Field Director, Mudumalai Tiger Reserve dated 19.9.23 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Q3pVJbXoH\">pic.twitter.com\/5Q3pVJbXoH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tamil Nadu Forest Department (@tnforestdept) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tnforestdept\/status\/1704120729724440852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Forest Secretary Supriya Sahu the cub could not be saved despite restless effort of the team. On November 14 information of the tiger cub\u2019s movement was recieved in the Chinnacoonoor area of Nilgiris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immediately a team along with trackers from Muddumalai tiger reserve reserve camped in the region and started monitoring. During the monitoring process it was found there are four cubs in the region. A female tiger was seen by the villagers last month. The cubs were monitored regularly as they thought the cubs might be in the nearby areas. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death of the 10 tigers including 6 cubs has caused great controversy. 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