NEWSLINK: Dalma ‘tiger’ could be hyena

Two forest guards have said that on Thursday they saw a tiger killing and carrying away a goat from near the Jhunjka jungle of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary.

However, senior foresters said the animal could have been a hyena, a few of which are present in the state’s lone elephant abode.


Forest officials found marks of an animal on a dirt track leading to the Jhunjka jungles in East Singhbhum’s Patamda along the Bengal border, but they are not in a hurry to certify that those were of the big cat .

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