Overview
- Forest staff recovered a 3–4-year-old tigress at Kathpora in the Bagori Western Range on Sunday around 4 p.m., with initial findings indicating death from a fight with another tiger.
- Earlier cases this month include a female found on January 4 in Paschim Bimoli, Bagori, with preliminary signs of infighting, and a young male found on January 14 at Thute Chapori, Gamiri, where veterinarians said the cause could be natural or infighting.
- KNPTR Director Sonali Ghosh constituted committees in each case to conduct post-mortems and oversee carcass disposal in line with NTCA standard operating procedures.
- Officials said samples have been collected and monitoring is underway in high-density ranges to rule out other causes and track tiger movements.
- Experts cite Kaziranga’s very high tiger density—148 estimated in 2024, up from 104 in 2022—as a driver of territorial conflict, and the government has begun an elevated wildlife corridor project near the park to aid animal movement.