Publish Date: | Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:40 PM (IST)
Bilaspur. Kanan Pendari Zoo Bilaspur: Tigress Rajni, who was found injured in Achanakmar Tiger Reserve (ATR) eight months ago with shoulder injuries and tail injury, succumbed to her injuries at the Zoological Park in Kanan Pendari Zoo on Wednesday. Post-mortem of the dead body was done after death. After which the premises itself was burnt. His remains have been kept safe for sending to the lab for examination. In Kanan Pendari, 15 wild animals have died within eight years. Doctors could not save the tigress even after spending eight lakh rupees in the treatment.
His body temperature fell below normal at 8.45 am on Wednesday and died at 11.26 am. It was told that the Forest Department officials had constituted a team to conduct the post-mortem of his dead body. In which Dr. RM Tripathi, Dr. Anoop Chatterjee, Dr. Ram Ottalwar and Kanan Pendari’s veterinarian Ajit Pandey along with Dr. Tripti Soni did the post-mortem of the tigress.
On June 8, 2021, the tigress was found in an injured condition in Chhaparwa Sambhar Dhasan Circle of Achanakmar Tiger Reserve. He was rescued and kept at Kanan Pendari Zoological Park and was being treated. The tigress had suffered a deep wound in her shoulder and her tail was also injured. The tigress was unable to stand properly on her feet. Due to which he was not able to even drink his food properly. In such a situation, for the last eight months, his ear was kept in the veterinary hospital of Pendari. Now after the death everyone is waiting for the bad report.
Third death within a month
According to information received from zoo management, the tigress was old. The birth of the tigress was reported to be the Tiger Reserve of Bandhavgarh in 2009. Along with this, this tigress gave birth to two cubs in the year 2012 and three cubs in the year 2013. He was about 13 years old. Teeth had also worn off. According to veterinarians, a tiger lives in the forest for an average of 12 to 14 years. Here in Kanan Pendari Zoological Park, the third wild animal has died within a month. Earlier on February 12, a pregnant female hippo and four days ago the bear had died.
Posted By: sandeep.yadav