This incident comes to light at a time when the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur is hearing a petition regarding the increasing number of tiger deaths in the state. Sen stated that with these two deaths, a total of nine tigers have died in Madhya Pradesh since January 1st.
टाइगर स्टेट बना बाघों की क़ब्रगाह, शहडोल में करंट लगने से 2 बाघों की मौत, मध्य प्रदेश में 34 दिन में अब तक 9 बाघ ने गंवाई जान
Two tigers, including a tigress, died of electrocution in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol district on Monday, a forest department official said. This brings the total number of tiger deaths in the state this year to nine.
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Shubhranjan Sen said the carcasses of the two tigers were found on agricultural land less than 100 meters apart in the North Shahdol forest area. He said, “The tigers died due to electrocution. The wires used in the incident have been recovered.”
This incident comes as the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur is hearing a petition on the increasing number of tiger deaths in the state. Sen said that with these two deaths, nine tigers have died in Madhya Pradesh since January 1, following seven deaths earlier in the state. According to forest officials, 21 tigers have died in different parts of the country since the beginning of the year.
However, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) website lists the number of deceased tigers as 19.
According to the information available on the website, the last tiger death was reported on January 26 in the buffer zone of the Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh. Forest officials said that tigers often come into contact with electric fences erected by farmers to protect their crops from animals.
The state is known as the “Tiger State” as it has the highest number of tigers in the country.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, taking serious note of the continuously rising number of tiger deaths in the state, recently issued notices to the central and state governments, as well as the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), seeking their responses.
The court took this step while hearing a petition filed by wildlife activist Ajay Dubey. The petition claimed that 54 tigers died in the state in 2025, the highest number since the inception of Project Tiger. Dubey stated in his petition that more than half of these tiger deaths were due to unnatural causes. He added that the High Court will hear the case again on February 11.
He also wrote to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh, alleging administrative negligence in the Shahdol incident and demanding reforms in wildlife management. In his complaint, Dubey alleged that the deaths reflected a systemic failure. He also demanded action against senior forest officials.
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