Tigress gets strangulated in trap set by poachers in Tadoba

A tigress died due to strangulation after getting caught in the wire-snare trap set for herbivores in the core zone of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve.

Chandrapur: A tigress died after getting caught in a trap set by poachers at Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in eastern Maharashtra, an official said Saturday.

The carcass was spotted by a forest guard on Friday evening, said Chief Conservator of Forest and TATR Field Director N R Pravin.

Autopsy revealed that it was a "sub-adult" (about one and a half years old) tigress, he said.

"She might have died two days before as the carcass had started to decompose.

She died due to strangulation after getting caught in the wire-snare trap set for herbivores (such as deer or wild boars) in the core zone of TATR," he said.

Probe was on to identify and arrest the poachers, he said.