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.
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"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.
