Kaziranga guard suspended for killing tiger
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Tasked with driving the striped cat away from a village, he had shot useless the tiger
The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve authorities have suspended a forest guard for “unwarranted firing,” resulting in the loss of life of a 10-year-old male tiger in a village on the outskirts of the wildlife habitat on June 18.
Better recognized for housing 57% of the world’s inhabitants of one-horned rhinos, the 1,302 sq. km Kaziranga has the best density of tigers on earth at one per 5 sq. km.
Forest officers stated the suspended guard was instructed to guard some households within the village the tiger had been frequenting to prey on cattle. “Instead of firing in the air when the tiger tried to attack him, the guard shot dead the animal,” an official stated, declining to be quoted.
The carcass of the tiger was detected by the employees of the Bheroni anti-poaching camp beneath the Kohora Range of the tiger reserve in Japoripathar village.
The autopsy revealed bullet harm within the lungs and coronary heart of the striped cat. An inquiry by an Assistant Conservator of Forests had earlier discovered that the firing was unwarranted.
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