A tigress was found dead on Sunday in Kaziranga National Park.
The carcass was recovered in the bank of Bhalukjan Beel in the Bagori range of the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.
Sources said it is suspected that the tigress died in a fight with other tiger.
In the afternoon, the post-mortem of the tigress was conducted in presence of a high-level team of forest officials of the state and the National Tiger Conservation Authority, which was led by Kaziranga National Park director P Shivkumar to the spot.
The post-mortem of the tigress was conducted by veterinarian Dr Pranjit Basumatary of Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) at Panbari near Kaziranga National Park.
It is suspected that the tigress died around 7 days back.
There are marks of attacks by other tiger on the carcass of the tigress.
The tigress has been identified as Kazi-83 of Kairanga National Park by the national park’s research officer, Rabindra Sarma.
After conducting the post-mortem, the carcass of the tigress was cremated at the spot in the forest in presence of all.
This year, a total of three tigers have died in the Kaziranga National Park.
On April 15, 2020, forest officials recovered a carcass of a Royal Bengal Tiger at the national park.
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The carcass of the tiger was recovered from the bank of Mihibali under Kohora range.
Sources informed that the tiger might have died around three days back.
Forest officials also said the back portion of the dead tiger was already eaten by some other big cats.
Forest guards on Wednesday evening discovered the carcass while taking the elephants for a stroll.
