A forest official said the radio-collared tigress seems to have died of natural causes. Earlier this week, it was spotted with a swollen leg and was given treatment.
The incident came to light when 14 people, including 7 policemen, were arrested for trading the remains of the tiger in the Dantewada-Jagdalpur region.
A four-year-old Malayan tiger at New York's Bronx Zoo that tested positive for Covid-19 is suspected to have contracted it from an asymptomatic caretaker.
Qamar Qureshi, a scientist at Wildlife Institute of India, said India needs to build tiger corridors that would allow the animals to move from one reserve to another without interference.
Thirty-five tigers have already been poached in India in 2019. The last thing that forest officials in tiger reserves across India want to hear is that a Bahelia gang is in town.
India should have secured greater savings by pressing Russia for prices nearer the cap while sustaining high volumes. This would have preserved strategic autonomy and served economic logic.
One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.
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