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Famous Bandhavgarh Tigress Dotty Dies at Age 14 Due to Natural Causes
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News18•10-10-2026, 19:30
Famous Bandhavgarh Tigress Dotty Dies at Age 14 Due to Natural Causes
- •Dotty, a popular tigress at Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, died at the age of 14.
- •She was found dead in the Majhkheta beat of the reserve's Manpur buffer range, with a preliminary examination indicating natural causes.
- •Her two surviving cubs, aged 15 to 16 months, are being closely monitored by the tiger reserve management.
- •Born in 2011-12, Dotty was well-known for her distinctive 'D' mark on her forehead and successfully raised multiple litters over her lifetime.
- •A post-mortem was conducted in the presence of senior forest officials and samples were sent for laboratory analysis.
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Dotty died at approximately 14 years of age, and a preliminary examination indicated that she passed away from natural causes.
Dotty's two cubs were aged 15 to 16 months old at the time of her death. According to field director Anupam Sahay, the cubs are fine, and the reserve management is actively monitoring their movements.
Dotty was born in 2011-12 in the Magadhi zone of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve as the offspring of the Patihha female and Blue Eye male. She was easily recognized by wildlife enthusiasts and tourists due to a distinctive 'D' mark on the right side of her forehead.
