Overview
- The latest sub-adult cub, estimated at 1 to 1.5 years old, was found dead in Kanha’s Sargi core area Thursday evening, after a sibling from the same litter died earlier in the week.
- Forest officials conducted a post-mortem on Friday and said the formal report will establish the cause of death, though they suspect the mother did not feed the cubs.
- Authorities have intensified surveillance of the tigress and her two surviving cubs using camera traps, an elephant squad, dog handlers, and extra ground patrols.
- A local report on the autopsy said both cubs had empty stomachs with no signs of poaching, poisoning, or external injury, while officials await the official findings.
- The twin cub deaths come as Madhya Pradesh records a high toll of tiger fatalities this year, with media citing 22 to 23 deaths since January including an adult found in Balaghat, and activists pressing for stronger patrolling and faster carcass detection.