Tigress, cub found dead in MP's Bandhavgarh reserve

A 10-year-old tigress named Solo was found de along with one of her cubs in buffer zone of Mhya Presh's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) on Saturday, an official said.

A patrolling party found big cat de with injury marks, while carcass of one of her two-year-old cubs was found lying at some distance, BTR field director Vincent Raheem told PTI.

tigress appeared to have died some two or three days ago, but cub h met same fate recently, he said.

Ar cub of big cat has been spotted alive and area has been cordoned off to track down two more cubs, official said.

"We will take a call on ir rehabilitation later after following due procedure and permission," he said, ding that viscera of deceased animals was sent for tests.