A Royal Bengal Tigress was reported to have died in Maitri Bagh Zoo here on Wednesday afternoon. Authorities have suspected snake bite as the reason of death.
"The nine-year-old Royal Bengal Tigress named Narmada died in Maitri Bagh Zoo on Wednesday afternoon.
It seems that it died of snake bite; however ,the exact reason of death would be known only after we get the post mortem report of the tigress," said Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), Deputy General Manager (Public Relations) Vijay Mairal.
Narmada was born in Maitri Bagh Zoo. Currently, the zoo has two male and one Female Royal Bengal Tiger, he informed. Meanwhile, Zoo authorities are taking all preventive measures to avert such kind of incidents.