Tigress drowns in farm well near Tadoba

CHANDRAPUR: A full-grown tigress met with a tragic end when it fell into a farm well and drowned, apparently while pursuing a prey in Shivni range under Tadoba buffer zone some times during Monday night. It is the second incident of drowning of a large carnivore in a farm well without parapet wall, in TATR buffer area within a week. The district administration and zilla parishad have drawn severe criticism from wildlife activists for its apathy towards building parapet walls on farm wells in forested areas.

Farmer Namdeo Gahane was shocked to find the animal's carcass floating in his farm well, around 2km from Shivni village in the morning. He immediately informed local forest officers who rushed to the scene. The carcass was fished out with the help of ropes and moved to Shivni range office for post mortem.

"The tigress fell into the well having no parapet wall while chasing some prey. Unable to scale up the slippery walls, the beast died of drowning in water," said honorary wildlife warden Bandu Dhotre, who was present as NTCA representative during autopsy. Post mortem has revealed that the feline was on an empty stomach. Recovery of water in the lungs confirmed drowning as cause of death. Earlier, on December 11, a leopard had died in similar incident in Varwat, also in TATR buffer zone.

"Open wells without parapet walls have become death traps for tiger and leopards. Repeated demands of wildlife activists to build parapet walls on such wells have fallen on deaf ears of forest department and district administration," Dhotre said. In a letter given to forest department and Chandrapur SP, he has warned to take up intensive agitations if administration fails to start building parapet walls on farm wells within seven days.

As per records, at least 15 incidents of tigers, leopards and bison falling into the farm wells and tanks, having no parapet walls, have been reported since November 2007. Two tigers, six leopards and an Indian Gaur have died of drowning in such wells, while forest officials were forced to take up rescue operations, often facing the wrath of local villagers, to rescue half a dozen felines trapped in wells.

Since 2007, six leopards fell in the well and died. In 2012, two bisons were rescued while another died in 2013. In 2012 and 2014, two tigers drowned.

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