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Two Tiger Deaths in Two Days Raise Alarm in Telangana Forests

<span style="color: #222222;">In Telangana, in a suspected case of poisoning, a tiger was found dead in the forests of Kagaznagar division in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district yesterday. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests RM Dobriyal inspected the spot today where the carcass of a male adult tiger was found in the forests of Darigaon village in Kagaznagar mandal. Investigations and observations had found that some unknown persons poisoned a killed cattle resulting in the death of this tiger. District Forest Officer Neeraj Kumar Tebriwal confirmed with Akashwani correspondent that the tiger death is suspected to be a case of poisoning and viscera samples of tiger was sent for testing. This is the second case of tiger death in the last 48 hours. The carcass of a one and half year old female tiger named S-15 was spotted in the forests of Darigaon village on Saturday. Forest officials suspected that the cause of the death of S-15 was a territorial fight. Environmentalists, however, are worried over the safety of the tigers. They regret that the age-old method of poisoning cattle killed by poachers to eliminate tigers was being used again. Finding carcasses of two tigers within a gap of two days is an unusual and worrisome instance.</span><br />

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