Bhopal: A 30-month-old tigress died in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve on Wednesday due to internal injuries.
"The tigress was around 30 months old and possibly died after sustaining some internal injuries in a fight with another tigress over territorial rights," Reserve Field Director C K Patil told PTI.
The tigress was found dead at Tala range of the reserve in Umaria district. Patil said some tourists spotted a limping tigress this morning.
He, however, ruled out the possibility of the tigress being hit by some tourists' jeep in the reserve.
Before the feline died it entered a water body in Tala range, Patil said, adding there was no external injury mark on the tigress' body.
Patil said the post-mortem of tigress will be done as per the guidelines of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).