Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

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followed a trail of deaths in Dudhwa recently and found this. 

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after extensive digging, i figured this 4 year old male’s carcass weighed 210kg. 

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when 4 of the deaths happened around Dudhwa between April 2023 - June 2023. there was a huge backlash and NTCA sprung into action to figure out what was going on. 

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here’s the 2 year old male cub that was found dead. April/21/2023. 

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details surrounding his death.

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here is the 4 year old male that was found dead. May/31/2023

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details surrounding his death.

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female cub that was found dead. June/3/2023

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details surrounding her death.

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6-7 year old male tiger that was found dead around Kishanpur’s Mailani range in a bad decomposed state. June/9/2023

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full details surrounding his death. (below)

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sources link (below)

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/post-mortem-report-of-2-out-of-4-tigers-in-dudhwa-tiger-reserve-shows-head-injuries-4115881


https://www.dailypioneer.com/2023/sunday-edition/tiger-reserves-or-big-cat-graveyards.html



https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/adolescent-tiger-found-dead-in-sugarcane-field-in-dudhwa-buffer-zone-ruled-out-poaching-or-poisoning-as-cause-of-death-101682087865905.html


https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/head-injuries-found-in-2-of-4-deceased-tigers-at-dudhwa-post-mortem-report-2392261-2023-06-13


(unrelated) here is a young tigress from Kaziranga that was rescued. unfortunately i couldn’t figure out much details about her. 

the video is amazing, never seen a rescue operation involving squeeze cages with this much detail.

video highlight 

(0:54) live bait
(1:05) bloody paw
(1:37 - 2:30) injecting the tigress 
(2:58) you get a glimpse of her size next to people 

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