News Update, Sawai Madhopur: Famous male Tiger MT-3 of Ranthambore National Park that travelled around 150 kilometers from Ranthambore Tiger Reserve is suffering a grievous injury on its head.
The severe wound is now infested with grub and forest team was trying to trace the big cat to treat the injury. On Saturday, the tracking team saw the wound on the forehead of MT-3. It was bleeding and the animal cannot lick the wound as it is out of reach.
Following this, the rescue team from Ranthambore was kept into operation to rescue the animal. However, search and rescue operation was successful and the tiger was treated by veterinary doctor Rajeev Garg. The tiger travelled from Ranthambore to Mukandara Hills Tiger Reserve. The tiger has been tranquilized by the forest department team. Insects were removed from the wound above the tiger’s nose. Team of doctors treated the tiger for about 45 minutes. After treatment, the tiger was released into the forest. Now the condition of the tiger is being improved. The forest department team is constantly monitoring the tiger.
The news of tiger wounds and insects raised worries raised forest department officials. The rescue team and veterinarian Dr. Rajeev Garg were sent to Kota from Ranthambore to treat the tiger. It is noteworthy that Mukundara’s forest officials came to know about the incident of tiger injury very late. This raises questions on monitoring once again. The tiger had suffered a blow to the mouth about five-six days earlier, but forest officials did not even know about it.
T-98, which is now known as MT-3, is the offspring of T-60 of Ranthambore National Park and is around four years old.
