A female Bengal tiger, recovered with wounds in its right leg from the Sundarbans on February 7, died at Bangabandhu Safari Park in Gazipur on Wednesday night despite a ‘successful’ surgery.
Keeping it secrete for the last two days, the Bangladesh Forest Department confirmed the tigress’ death news only on Friday morning.The veterinary physicians who operated upon it claimed the surgery a success but the tigress succumbed to her injures barely 10 days after the operation.The authorities concerned also buried the remains of the man-eater after peeling off its hide on Wednesday.An endangered wild animal, the Bengal Tiger mainly lives in the world’s largest mangrove forest Sundarbans. It is the national animal of Bangladesh.Sources at the Forest Department said the injured female tiger was recovered from the Sundarbans on February 7 and it was sent to the Safari Park the following day.An eight-member team of veterinary physicians of Bangladesh Agricultural University, led by Prof Dr Mizanur Rahman, reportedly conducted a successful operation in its leg on February 9. The tigress regained its sense the following day.The wild animal reportedly ruptured the wounded part of her leg through biting after regaining its sense, deteriorating its condition further which eventually caused her death.Contacted, Dr Mizanur Rahman said the tigress suffered injures in her right leg after getting caught in a trap made by nylon rope in the Sundarbans.He claimed they provided every necessary treatment to the national animal but the feeble tigress died ultimately. -UNB
