Tiger dies in Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve

A tiger, which was seen limping a few days ago in the Mukandra Hills Tiger Reserve, has died. Officials are waiting for the postmortem report to know the cause of its death.

Kota: A tiger, named as MT-3, has died in Mukandra Hills Tiger Reserve here, official sources said.

T Mohahn Raj, official working at the Tiger Reserve, said the tiger was injured and seen limping for the past three-four days.

Other officials working at the Mukandra Hills Tiger Reserve were not ready to give any details about the incident, and said that they would wait for the postmortem report before commenting on the tiger's death.

It was learnt that MT-3 got injured in a fight with other animals in March and was treated for the same.In 2018, two tigers and as many tigresses were shifted to the Mukundara Tiger Reserve from the Ranthambhore National Park.