Overview

• Arrowhead succumbed to bone cancer and a brain tumour on June 19 at age 11, hours after her daughter Kankati was moved to Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve.
• As the granddaughter of iconic tigress Machli, she produced four litters between 2018 and 2023 and raised ten cubs that bolstered Ranthambore’s tiger population.
• A postmortem preceded her cremation at Rajbagh on June 24, where forest officials and wildlife enthusiasts gathered to honour her contributions.
• Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan said Arrowhead strengthened gene pools and rewrote conservation by dispersing her offspring to multiple reserves.
• Her illness hindered her ability to train her last litter to hunt, prompting the forest department to relocate her cubs after alleged human–wildlife incidents involving Kankati.