The year 2018 was not good for wildlife, and in the last two days of the year, two tigers were found dead in Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary near Nagpur, in a suspected case of poisoning. On Sunday, a tourist spotted the carcass of a tigress, and on Monday the carcass of a tiger was found near the same location. This year 98 tigers and over 450 leopards have died across the country.

A Forest Department official said, "In an unfortunate incident, one more carcass of a tiger, T16, was found in UKWS during a field search operation by the forest staff on Monday morning. The locality is close to the site where a tigress was found dead on Sunday. She was identified as T4. She might have died at the same time as the male. The partly eaten carcass of a wild boar was also found nearby. However, a detailed report will be shared after the procedure as per National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) SOP is completed."