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NAINITAL: The one-and-a-half-year-old tiger cub that was rescued from Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) after getting injured in a territorial fight with another tiger died late on Wednesday.

The reserve officials said that the cub’s post-mortem is being performed to ascertain the cause of death of the big cat.

This is the seventh recorded tiger death in Uttarakhand this year. Of the seven deaths, three were reported from CTR.

Amit Verma, CTR deputy director, told TOI, “The cub succumbed to injuries that he had received in the territorial fight. His skull was fractured, and hind and forelegs were also dislocated. We also found teeth marks of another tiger. We can cite the exact cause of death only after receiving the final report.” The cub was rescued from Dhikala zone of CTR on Tuesday.

Viscera and other samples from the body of the big cat have been preserved and will be sent for further examination. The body has been cremated as per the guidelines of National Tiger Conservation Authority.

Earlier, on May 14, body of a six-year-old tigress was recovered from Almora forest division. On May 10, a body of a two-year-old tigress cub was found in Shyampur range of Haridwar forest division adjacent to Rajaji Tiger Reserve.

On May 5, another big cat was found dead in CTR’s Kalagarh forest division. On April 29, a body of a 5-year-old tigress was found in Surpudali range of CTR. The big cat aged around 5 years.

On March 29, 2018, a patrolling team spotter the body of the 2-year-old tigress in Pipal padav area of Bhakhra forest ranges of Terai-Central forest division. In January, a tiger was found dead in the Ramnagar forest division.

Last year, total 15 tiger deaths were reported from Uttarakhand of which seven were from CTR.