Tiger shifted from MP to Odisha with Sundari killed?

BHUBANESWAR: A three-year-old tiger was found dead at Satkosia tiger reserve on Wednesday, said a senior wildlife official who spoke on condition on anonymity. The official said the tiger may have died after being caught in a trap set up by poachers.

The tiger, identified as MB2 and named Mahavir by Satkosia officials, was part of the first tiger translocation exercise in the country earlier this year. The tiger was shifted from Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh to the Odisha reserve in June.

Officials at the reserve did not confirm the death on record, but said that other senior officials, including chief wildlife warden, had rushed to the core area of the reserve. The National Tiger Conservation Authority has asked a top conservationist to inquire into the death. The death adds to the controversy of the translocation, after the other tiger – Sundari – shifted in the exercise was accused of killing a woman.