Tiger cubs rescued in Arunachal
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Wildlife Trust of India|International Fund for Animal Welfare|Arunachal Pradesh State Wildlife Advisory|Arunachal Pradesh
GUWAHATI: Two orphaned tiger cubs were rescued by members of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) - Wildlife Trust of India
(WTI) and Arunachal Pradesh forest department on Thursday from a dry
water tank at Angrim in Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh.
The cubs were wandering in the area without their mother for over a month, occasionally lifting poultry from local households for survival.
An IFAW-WTI team led by Arunachal Pradesh State Wildlife Advisory member Ipra Mekola reached the site on December 6 to assist the forest department in tracking the cubs.
The team on December 11 found the three cubs trapped in a dry water tank. The villagers had the tank covered with wooden planks and branches to prevent the cubs from escaping till the rescue team arrived.
Two of the cubs were healthy and were successfully sedated and removed from the tank by WTI veterinarians, while the third was severely ill and succumbed later. Post-mortem revealed pneumonia, starvation and hypoglycaemic shock as the cause of death. The cubs are about one year old.
The cubs were wandering in the area without their mother for over a month, occasionally lifting poultry from local households for survival.
An IFAW-WTI team led by Arunachal Pradesh State Wildlife Advisory member Ipra Mekola reached the site on December 6 to assist the forest department in tracking the cubs.
The team on December 11 found the three cubs trapped in a dry water tank. The villagers had the tank covered with wooden planks and branches to prevent the cubs from escaping till the rescue team arrived.
Two of the cubs were healthy and were successfully sedated and removed from the tank by WTI veterinarians, while the third was severely ill and succumbed later. Post-mortem revealed pneumonia, starvation and hypoglycaemic shock as the cause of death. The cubs are about one year old.
Papa tiger to the rescue
In February this year, a tigress that had just given birth to two cubs died in the sanctuary. Officials in the sanctuary were very worried as the two cubs were too young to take care of themselves. The officials even thought about bringing up the cubs in captivity (not in the wild).
Then a very strange thing happened. A male tiger, which was also living in the same area, started taking care of the cubs. It looks like he has even taught them how to hunt as the cubs are now able to kill goats for meat. Officials think that the male tiger may be the father of the cubs. Typically, tiger males play no role in the bringing up of the cubs, but this papa tiger has surprised everyone!
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