Udaipur, January 3: In a first-of-its-kind incident, a tiger stormed into the closure of a tigress and killed her reportedly for not responding to his sexual approaches. The incident took place at the Sajjangarh Zoological Park in Udaipur on Thursday. The tiger, Kumar, and tigress, Damini, were kept in separate enclosures adjacently. While Damini was brought from Pune, Kumar came from Karnataka. Tiger Mauls Two People, 14 Cattle in Bandipur National Park.

On Thursday afternoon, the tiger barged into Damini's cage by breaking the wired fencing and mauled her to death. The encounter between the male and female tiger was witnessed by many visitors who were around the area at the moment. "The tiger is aggressive in nature. He barged into the enclosure of Damini and killed her after he caught her by the neck. There are some minor injuries on his body," GV Reddy, Forest official at the park, told ANI. Tiger Kills Man in Kalagarh Area of Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand.

Tiger Kumar Mauls Tigress Damini to Death in Udaipur:

According to Rahul Bhatnagar, who is a retired forest official, a male tiger kills his female partner if she isn’t in the oestrus cycle, the period during which female mammals accept a male or mate. "Perhaps this would have been the case with Damini, which was killed by Kumar. This is the first case where any male animal has killed a female partner," he was quoted by Times of India as saying. Tiger Kills Woman in Tadoba Reserve.

It remains unknown whether it was negligence on the part of the caretakers at the park. A detail investigation would also reveal how the tiger managed to break the fencing and entered Damini's enclosure.

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