A four-year-old tiger was found dead in the Nagarhole tiger reserve in Karnataka on Sunday. The tiger succumbed to injuries in an apparent territorial fight.
According to Conservator of Forests, Gokul, wildlife tourists discovered a tiger in a sitting posture in Kabini backwaters area on Sunday evening.
"Expect for bleeding from the nose, there are no visible injuries. As per the National Tiger Conservation Authority protocol we will conduct a postmortem tomorrow. Only then we will be able to ascertain what led to its death," Gokul said
As there were no visible injury marks, conservationists deem that the young male could have been injured by a gaur (Indian bison). Karnataka has a healthy, if not sustainable, population of over 300 tigers.
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