Jaipur, March 8 A tigress was found dead in the Khandar range of the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district on Sunday, according to forest officials.
The tigress, T-94, was about 10 years old.
Manas Singh, Deputy Director and Deputy Conservator of Forests, Ranthambore Tiger Project-I, said that the forest staff found the carcass in the Ghoda Ghati area on Sunday morning while conducting routine patrols.
He said that the carcass was taken to the Rajbagh forest outpost, where a team of veterinary doctors conducted a post-mortem in accordance with the protocol of the National Tiger Conservation Authority.
"All parts of the tigress were found intact during the examination," Singh said. The preliminary cause of death appeared to be lung failure.
Samples were collected during the post-mortem and sent to a veterinary laboratory, and the exact cause of death will be confirmed after the report is received, he said.
