Tiger cub dies after being hit by vehicle on highway in Wardha

Nagpur, Jan 22 (PTI) A four-month-old female tiger cub died after being hit by a vehicle on a highway in Wardha district of Maharashtra, a forest official said.

The cub was hit by an unidentified vehicle near Dhondgaon on Samdrapur-Girad highway in the early hours of Wednesday, a release issued by the Wardha forest department said.

Post-mortem procedure was conducted on the cub and she was cremated as per the guidelines of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), it added. PTI CLS NP