Cub, adult tiger found dead in Kanha, Balaghat; 23 dead so far this year in MP

Bhopal, A tiger cub was found dead in Madhya Pradesh’s Kanha Reserve while another striped big cat was found dead in Balaghat drict, taking the death toll of tigers in the state since January this year to 23, officials said on Friday.Cub, adult tiger found dead in Kanha, Balaghat; 23 dead so far this year in MPMadhya Pradesh, which had 785 tigers as per a 2022 census, the highest in the country, has lost nine tigers since April 2 when a tiger was found dead in the forested area of Burhanpur.The carcass of a cub, aged between one to one-and-a-half years, was found on Thursday evening in Sargi area of the KTR’s core area which spans Mandla and Balaghat dricts, said the park’s Deputy Director Amita B.Elsewhere, a full-grown tiger was found dead in the north forest division of Balaghat drict, officials said.”The post-mortem of the cub was conducted on Friday and we are awaiting its report ,” said KTR deputy director Amita.Prima facie, it appears the cub may not have been fed its mother, leading to its death starvation, she said, adding that another cub of the same tigress had died three days ago.”The tigress delivered four cubs, of which two have died. We are closely monitoring the tigress and the remaining two cubs,” said the official.According to the National Tiger Conservation Authority data, Madhya Pradesh, home to nine reserves, had recorded 21 deaths as of April 21 this year.The first death of 2026 was reported on January 7 in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve.Wildlife activ Ajay Dubey expressed concern over the rising tiger deaths in the state.”Madhya Pradesh ranks first in tiger deaths, including unnatural deaths, which is worrying,” he said.Lack of monitoring and patrolling contributes to such incidents, Dubey said, demanding accountability from forest officials.He cited a recent case in Panna Tiger Reserve where a decomposed carcass was found nearly 20 days after the animal’s death.This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.