3 tigers found dead in Jim Corbett in 6 days

June 03, 2013 09:20

NDTV reports: Three tiger deaths reported in past six days in the Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand, taking the toll of this year to nine.

In the latest incident, the body of a two-and-half-year-old male tiger was found in a decomposed state in the western part of the reserve, close to a water body, on Saturday.

Corbett Field Director Samir Sinha said that poaching cannot be ruled out.

The forest department has taken four Gujjars into custody for further interrogation.

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