The orphaned cubs of a man-eating tiger killed in a State-sanctioned hunt have been spotted in a forest in Maharashtra and could be rescued and rehabilitated, officials said on Thursday.
The mother was shot dead in early November after being accused of killing more than a dozen villagers, capping off one of the country’s most high-profile tiger hunts and angering conservation activists.
The months-long search deployed 200 hunters using paragliders, infrared cameras, sharpshooters on elephant back, and even Calvin Klein fragrance to lure the big cat.
Maharashtra forestry department’s AK Mishra said the cubs are “healthy and are surviving”.
