Tiger Found Dead in Bandhavgarh Well, Second Big-Cat Death in Two Days

Overview

• Forest teams retrieved an adult tiger’s carcass Friday morning from an old, unbounded well near Kudri Tola in Bandhavgarh’s Dhamokhar range.
• Reserve officials say the animal likely fell into the well while chasing a wild boar, though the exact cause will be determined by veterinarians.
• The carcass showed signs of decomposition, with eyewitnesses reporting a strong stench suggesting the tiger died several days earlier.
• A female cub was found dead earlier in the week in the Kathli beat of the reserve, marking two tiger deaths there within two days.
• Separately, a highly decomposed tiger body found in East Mandla’s Anjania forest circle was seized for a post-mortem expected on Saturday.