3-year-old male tiger killed by another at MP's Kanha reserve

A young male tiger trying to establish its own territory was killed in a fight with another predator at Madhya Pradesh's Kanha Tiger Reserve on Friday, officials said.

Updated on: Feb 21, 2015, 18:38:51 IST

Hindustan Times | By Neeraj Santoshi, Bhopal

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A young male tiger trying to establish its own territory was killed in a fight with another predator at Madhya Pradesh's Kanha Tiger Reserve on Friday, officials said.

Kanha Tiger Reserve field director JS Chouhan told HT that a three-year-old male tiger was exploring to establish his own territory when he was confronted by an older male tiger, which killed it while defending its territory.

Chouhan said fight between young tigers looking to establish their territory and other big cats was a recurring incident in the tiger reserve. “We are searching the other tiger which killed the cub,” he said.

Last year, two tigers died due to infighting at the Kanha Tiger Reserve. Apart from poaching and unnatural deaths, a significant number of tigers die in territorial fights in Madhya Pradesh.

In 2014, MP recorded the second highest tiger mortality, after Tamil Nadu, with 14 of the 66 overall deaths in India. Similarly, in 2009, nine tiger deaths were reported in the state. Kanha Tiger Reserve, located in the Maikal ranges of the Satpuras, is spread over Mandla and Balaghat districts.

According to the National Tiger Conservation Authority website, the reserve is stretched over an of 2,074 sq km, comprising 940 sq km national park and 1,134 sq km buffer zone.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Neeraj Santoshi
Neeraj Santoshi is the Chief of Bureau for Hindustan Times in Uttarakhand, where he leads the state reporting team while covering government, politics, environment, wildlife, Uttarakhand High Court, and issues shaping the Himalayan region. With more than two decades in journalism across conflict zones, he has covered politically sensitive regions and environmentally fragile landscapes, and focused on stories that combine public interest with in-depth storytelling. An alumnus of Pune University with a Master’s in Communication Studies, he has reported extensively from Jammu & Kashmir (2003-2010), Madhya Pradesh (2010 to 2018 ) and Uttarakhand (Since 2018), covering subjects ranging from insurgency, elections and governance to wildlife conservation, mining, climate change, agriculture, human rights and social justice. He has covered politics and legislative assemblies of both Jammu & Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh over more than a decade. Before taking over as Chief of Bureau in Uttarakhand, he served as Special Correspondent with Hindustan Times in Madhya Pradesh and earlier reported for both Hindustan Times and The Indian Express in Jammu & Kashmir, where he covered state politics, environment and insurgency-related developments. Over the years, his stories have focused on environmental degradation, wildlife, illegal mining, governance and the changing social fabric of Himalayan states and Central India. He is particularly interested in long-form explanatory journalism, and stories that explore the intersection of ecology, conservation, governance and society. Outside the newsroom, Neeraj enjoys reading widely on neuroscience, consciousness studies, Artificial Intelligence and quantum physics, with a special interest in Kashmiri Tantric Shaivist traditions. He is also passionate about wildlife, mountaineering and the Himalayas, interests that continue to inform his reporting and deepen his understanding of the region he covers.Read More

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