A tigress was found dead in the Dudhwa buffer zone, located in Uttar Pradesh, India, on Tuesday, marking the third big cat casualty in the area since April 1. Kirti Chaudhary, the deputy director of the Dudhwa buffer zone, reported that the carcass, discovered in the Nauniya beat of the Majhgain range, exhibited multiple injuries. Investigations revealed pugmarks of male tigers at the scene, along with canine marks and nail injuries on the tigress, indicating a conflict with another male tiger. Following standard operating procedures set by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a post-mortem was conducted by a team of veterinary doctors, confirming that the tigress died from an attack by a male. Earlier in April, another tigress was killed by a speeding train in the Mailani range, and a leopard was fatally struck by an unidentified vehicle on the Bhartapur-Bhurjania road under the Sampurnanagar range.