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Officials suspect that the tiger could have been poisoned by a gang of poachers. In the past three days, two more tigers have been found dead in the forests of the neighbouring district of Pilibhit. The first tiger was found dead on the May 24 in the Haripur range of the district. The body of the second tiger was spotted barely 24 hours later, just 300 meters from the stream where the body of the first tiger was recovered- Corbett: picture taken while he was darted. The only way to get a close-up...
- We darted Corbett to weigh and measure him for the bronze statue. This is where he fell asleep - imagine the effort to carry a 196kg tiger down the rocks...
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According to the Wildlife Protection Society of India, 14 tigers have been killed by poachers in India so far this year – one more than for all of 2011. The tiger is considered endangered, with its habitat range shrinking more than 50% in the last quarter-century and its numbers declining rapidly
