Madhya Pradesh HC Seeks Report On MP Reserves 'Eight Tiger Deaths'

In light of the recent tiger deaths in Madhya Pradesh, the High Court has demanded a status report on all nine tiger reserves and sought to know the steps the government has taken to halt a suspected Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) outbreak among big cats at Kanha. 

A division bench of Justices Anand Pathak and B P Sharma gave the directions on Thursday



while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed over the recent deaths of eight big cats at Kanha Tiger Reserve (KTR).

While the state government informed the bench that 2,000 dogs in the vicinity of KTR have already been vaccinated against CDV, the court insisted on a foolproof prevention strategy. It has posted the matter for the next hearing on August 17.