26.9.12

Somewhere in Arunachal Pradesh....


A tigress at Itanagar Zoo was killed by poachers who sneaked into a high-security area and broke into the animal’s enclosure.
“The incident took place when the three on-duty guards had gone for dinner,” said deputy chief conservator of forest (wildlife) P Ringu.
According to zoo in-charge Zoram Dopum, the tiger was killed between 8 and 10 pm on Monday night.
The five-year old tigress was among six big cats kept in the zoo. “The poachers tried to cut the tiger into pieces, but they could not take her away,” Dopum said. A post- mortem was conducted on Tuesday and an FIR has been lodged at Itanagar police station. An investigation is on to nab the culprits. “The forest department is also initiating a separate departmental inquiry into the matter,” he added.
Oni was born in the zoo in 2006.
Forest officials said the tigress was shot in the forehead and that the miscreants chopped off its abdomen before fleeing from the spot. Two empty cases were recovered from its skull during autopsy on Tuesday.
“This is a very unfortunate incident. What has baffled us is the fact that all vital organs of the tigress such as its tail, paws, eyes, teeth, liver, etc were intact,” said BS Sajwan, the state’s chief conservator of forest.


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