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Tiger T-57 dies of illness at Ranthambore

Jaipur: After struggling for 20 days, Ranthambore’s Tiger T-57, also known as Singhsth, passed away on Tuesday. On December 20, Tiger T-57 was found sick. The officials were informed but they could not decide on tranquilising the tiger until the evening of December 20. After the news was aired on First India, the forest department treated the tiger by tranquilising it on December 21 and released it in the forest on December 22. Two days after the treatment, the condition of the tiger worsened and it was seen sitting at a place. On December 29, another tiger T-123 attacked T-57 and injured it. Field director Seduram Yadav and DFO Sangram Singh decided to keep the tiger in its natural habitat after talking to the higher officials and increasing its monitoring. After almost 20 days of struggle for life and death, Tiger T-57 said goodbye. In the postmortem, a tumour of 3 kg was found near the tiger’s liver and two tumours of half-a-kg were found near the spleen, which is said to be the cause of the tiger’s death. The tiger was cremated after a post-mortem.

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