UNB, Dhaka :
The Forest Department recovered a dead tiger’s carcass from Rupar canal near Dublarchar at the Sundarbans in Bagerhat on Friday morning.
Muhammad Belayet Hossain, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of the Sundarbans Eastern Division, said members of the Forest Department were on patrol on Friday morning when they saw the tiger carcass floating in Rupar canal of the forest.
The approximate age of the male tiger was 16 to 17 years, the official said.
This forest official believed that the Royal Bengal Tiger died due to aging as no wounds were noticed on the tiger’s body.
However, an autopsy will ascertain the cause of death, he added.
