The maneater tigress had killed four persons in 20 days in Amravati and Wardha districts
Post mortem examination of the tigress being carried out The maneater tigress had killed four persons in 20 days in Amravati and Wardha districts Post mortem examination of the tigress being carried out The maneater tigress had killed four persons in 20 days in Amravati and Wardha districts Amravati : It took two tranquilizer darts and a tense 150m chase through a swollen nullah to bring down the maneater tigress that killed four persons in 20 days in Amravati and Wardha districts. Talking to TOI, Dr Sawan Deshmukh, honorary wildlife warden who was part of the forest department team that captured the tigress in Chandur Bazar tehsil said, “After the first dart hit the big cat, she waded through the waters and for 10 minutes we lost her. Deshmukh, who was at the spot with 50 volunteers, said the tigress stalked and killed her prey in a peculiar pattern. “We made serious efforts to save the tigress over the last 12 days. Forest staff even risked their lives when they saw the tigress just 30 feet away, but did not shoot,” he added.
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Only then, the tigress slumped to the ground,” he said. Whenever there was disturbance, she would escape through the nullah or river,” he said. Refuting criticism on tranquilizers overdose, Deshmukh said the forest department meticulously followed procedure.
When she was sighted again, the second tranquilizer dart was fired. “The big cat would only devour flesh in the neck after mauling her prey. The tigress had split the neck of the farmer, Dinesh Aware, her last human kill. Download the TOI App.
She was hungry on Monday as the bovines she killed at dawn were abandoned when villagers raised an alarm.
After being tranquilized, the forest team caged her and planned to move her to Gorewada animal treatment and rescue facility in Nagpur, but medical experts failed to revive her in Morshi, where she was taken for first-aid, said Deshmukh. The post-mortem report prima facie attributed the cause of death to cardio-respiratory failure, said top sources, adding her blood samples have been sent for forensic tests.