Tigress, Kanha National Park

The tigress was lazing in the grasslands when an elephant patrol stirred her. She was visibly annoyed at the intrusion. She has had a fight with an younger tigress some weeks back and picked up a vicious scar which almost ripped off her left cheek from the jaw to the ear. She was eventually stitched up and she has been recovering well. She also nurses three cubs and her survival is essential for the cubs to reach their adulthood.

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