A tiger cub was reportedly killed by a train in Tanda forest range in Terai central forest division. The cub’s carcass was found by the railway tracks on Sunday morning.
According to information received from sources, while conducting a routine check of the lalkuan-Gularbhoj railway track on Sunday morning, railway mate Shaligram Gupta came upon the body of a young tiger along the tracks.
The railway man then informed the senior section engineer Vashishth Yadav who then informed the forest department official concerned about the discovery. Apart from railway officials, forest range officer Ganesh Chandra Tripathi along with department personnel also reached the site. Tripathi informed senior department officers before transporting the cub’s body to the Tanda forest range guest house for the conduct of a post mortem examination.
A team of veterinary doctors from Haldwani carried out the post mortem in the presence of the divisional forest officer Sanatan. The body of the cub was destroyed by fire after the examination which ascertained that it had died after being hit by a train on Saturday night. The age of the cub is estimated to have been about seven months.