Kannur: A tiger caught by drug shooting from Kannur Kotiyur has died.
A 10-year-old male tiger died. The tiger died on the way to the zoo.
The body of the tiger will be shifted to Pookode Veterinary Medical College. The tiger was captured yesterday from Kottiur Panniyamala.
The tiger was found trapped in a wire fence.
A laborer who had gone for rubber tapping at four o'clock yesterday morning saw the tiger stuck in the wire fence of a private land on the roadside.
The tiger was roaring with one of its front legs stuck. After being informed by the locals, the forest department officials and the police started the rescue operation.
Around 11 o'clock, a team of doctors from Wayanad drugged the tiger.
