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Man arrested for death of tiger at Emerald in the Nilgiris

The Forest Department on Monday arrested a man in connection with the death of a tiger at Emerald in the Nilgiris recently. The officials said that two tigers, aged three and eight, were found dead in a water body in Emerald on Saturday. The department collected samples from the carcasses of the two tigers and the cow and sent it to Coimbatore for forensic analysis. In retaliation, he poisoned the carcass with pesticides, that is believed to have led to the death of at least one of the two tigers.

The Hindu

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