(IN): Tiger found dead in Jalpaiguri district

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*Tiger found dead in Jalpaiguri district

 

*NDTV Correspondent

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 (Jalpaiguri)

A magnificent 200 kg, 10-year-old Royal Bengal Tiger has been found dead

near the railway tracks on the outskirts of Falakata in Jalpaiguri district

of West Bengal.

 

The nine feet tiger appears to have been hit by a speeding train. Forest

officials rushed to the area in the hope of reviving the tiger but it was

too late.

 

Railway officials say poachers are to blame for this incident.

 

However forest officials say it's a freak and rare accident and the tiger

had strayed from the Jaldapara Sanctuary, which is about 20 kilometers from

the accident site.

 

Now the tiger count stands even lower at the sanctuary at eight.