Sirsho Bandopadhyay.
Priyanath was sinking slowly into the quicksand. The deep yellow mass had the viscous consistency of mud.The dense, impenetrable sludge closed in on him, entering his nostrils, his mouth. Priyanath was choking. Suddenly the deep yellow began to change colour in some places to orange. An unusual coppery orange.
Priyanath tried to recollect where he had seen this particular shade before. But even before he could remember, he thought he could see what looked like black stripes on a tawny background, and was simultaneously overcome by a sharp, foul stench. It was a familiar smell. The raw odour of tiger urine. It wasn’t just in the jungle but also in its cage that the tiger sprayed its urine to lay stake to its territory.
Cage gates left open, tigress at Arunachal zoo mauls cleaner
Cage gates left open, tigress at Arunachal zoo mauls cleaner
Poulash Karmakar, an attendant at Biological Park in Arunachal Pradesh s Itanagar was killed by a tigress when he was entering her cage to clean the water pond on Tuesday.
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UPDATED: May 19, 2021 13:22 IST
According to zoo authorities, all three gates of the cage were left open which reportedly led to the tigress attacking Poulash Karmakar. (Photo: Twitter)
A 35-year-old zoo attendant was mauled to death by a Royal Bengal tigress at the Biological Park in Itanagar, an official said.
Poulash Karmakar, a native of Dhekiajuli in Assam s Lakhimpur district was killed by the tigress when he was entering her cage to clean the water pond on Tuesday, zoo curator Raya Flago said.
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