Two female tiger cubs found dead in well in Maharashtra's Bhandara district: State forest officials

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Two female tiger cubs were found dead in a well near Garada village in Bhandara district of Maharashtra on Wednesday, forest officials said.

A villager intimated the forest personnel about the cubs lying dead in the well in the morning hours, following which range forest officer Vivek Rajukar was informed, a release by the forest department said. Both the cubs were female and they around two years old, it said.

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The cubs were fished out from the well and post-mortem was conducted on them as per the laid down procedures. The post-mortem revealed that the cubs died of drowning, the department said. The forest has installed cameras in the area to identify the mother of the cubs.

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