After 23 lions died in the Gir sanctuary and a deadly virus is being cited as the reason behind the animal deaths, a tiger in the Sariska Reserve is being treated for maggots infection.
A
doctor who came from Jaipur to treat the wildcat told Hindustan Times
that the wound on the tiger’s forehead which was troubling it was
infested with maggots. “The 12-year-old tiger was treated
for the injury on its forehead. We have kept it in an enclosure for
monitoring for 24 hours,” said Dr Arvind Mathur.
The
Tiger Reserve officials came to know about the injury on Friday. Though
the team tried to capture the tiger in the Kali Ghati forest range the
tiger disappeared into the dense area of the forest.
Photo: Hindustan Times
The
doctor further said that the tiger was tranquillized on Sunday morning
and an injection was used to remove the maggots from the wound. After
the necessary dressing of the wound, the tiger was put in an enclosure
for monitoring.
The recent rampant deaths of lions in Gujarat’s Gir forest
had triggered panic in the only abode of the Asiatic lion. Around 23
lions have been confirmed dead since September 12, including ten big
cats which were rescued from the forest and were undergoing treatment at
a rescue centre.
According to reports, four of
the 11 lions that died between September 12 and September 16 were
infected with canine distemper virus (CDV). The infection is caused by
ticks, mostly found among dogs in the wild. This is the same virus which
had wiped out nearly 1,000 lions from Tanzania’s Serengeti Reserve in
1994.
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