Overview
- Field teams in Satpura and Kanha discovered a four-month-old male cub and a 10-year-old tigress dead in separate incidents, with officials citing intraspecific fights.
- Necropsy on the Satpura cub documented deep bite and claw wounds, and trackers recorded male and female pugmarks in the area.
- At Kanha, veterinarians and a dog squad noted injury marks on tigress Sunaina (T-122) with all organs intact, which ruled out poaching and suggested a territorial clash.
- Forest authorities opened cases and continued forensic work, and the state’s tiger deaths in 2026 reached 16.
- Satpura staff are also aiding a Chhindwara probe into an alleged poisoning of a radio‑collared tiger involving urea-laced bait and electric current.