One arrested for killing a tiger by poisoning it
Chennai (IANS). Tamil Nadu forest officials have arrested a person for killing a tiger by poisoning it. The arrested person has been identified as Shekhar, a farmer who rears cows and goats.
The bodies of two tigers, aged 3 and 8 years, were found near an avalanche dam in the Nilgiris on Saturday evening.
The forest department started investigation and conducted post-mortem of both the dead tigers. Investigation found that one tiger died due to pesticide poisoning, while the other died due to a fight with another tiger.
There was also a carcass of a cow near the tiger’s carcass. The Nilgiri Forest Division had formed a team of 20 forest personnel to investigate the death of the tiger and interrogated the owner of the cow whose carcass was found near the tiger’s remains.
On interrogating the owner of the cow, the Forest Department found that it was he who had poisoned the cow. Farmer Shekhar has been arrested and sent to judicial custody.
