Poisoned Tiger in Tamil Nadu Raises Concern About the Animal A shocking yet bizarre turn of events, tigers in Tamil Nadu are now in danger of being poisoned to death. With the latest incident occurring as recently as last month, the toll of tigers killed this year alone has already risen to eight, three of which died due to poisoning. The incident was revealed when forest officials found an eight year old tigress lying dead near Thengumarahada village in the Kallapalayam beat of the Nilgiris Eastern Slopes Range that falls under the Nilgiris North Forest Division in Tamil Nadu. The tigress was void of body damage and the tigress wasn’t old or sick. Therefore forest officials immediately suspected foul play in the death of the big cat. A post mortem was conducted and samples were collected from various body parts and sent to the forensics department’s toxicology laboratory at Coimbatore. It was revealed through diagnose in laboratory that the tigress was poisoned to death. Retaliatory killing through poisoning by locals who lose livestock to the big cats can be kept in check only if there is a prompt, fair, reliable, and well-publicized compensation scheme for their loss.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 04:32:15 +0000