Another tigress found dead in a reserve. Are we losing more tigers to unnatural deaths than we think?

Posted by: 2016-04-18 03:15:39 ,
By Raj Kumar

A tigress was found dead in Maharashtra's Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve today. Hers, however, is not the carcass that made it to the news this year. Are we losing more big cats to unnatural deaths than we are accounting for?Today happens to be the day Disney's The Jungle Book released in India. Nationwide, people applauded the animated animals on screen, rejoiced the tender bond between a human child and the beasts of the jungle.
Today also happens to be the day a tigress - a living and breathing one - was found dead in a reserve in Maharashtra.

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