Udhagamandalam: Carcass of a sloth bear cub was launched at the Segur assortment of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) on Thursday.
Field personnel running population estimation located that the carcass near Katralai Road at Sriyur.
“It turned out to be a three-month-old feminine cub.
We found bite marks around the trunk of this creature,” MTR buffer zone deputy manager L C S Srikanth said.
The forest vet conducted postmortem from the existence of forest officials as well as also the representative of a NGO.
“Preliminary postmortem report indicated a carnivore assaulted the creature.
Ribs were also broken and trachea ripped.
We suppose that the mother bear could have chased the carnivore away,” the official added.
The carcass was burned in the woods.
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Sloth bear cub found dead
