In Indore a dynamic commercial largest city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh situated southern edge of Malwa Plateau, located 190 km west of the state capital of Bhopal, with 2.1m population, a white tiger died after being bitten by a cobra.
According to Indore Zoo keeper Dr Uttam Yadav, Rajan – a two year old white tiger died on 27th December 2014, after being bitten by a deadly venomous cobra at the Kamala Nehru zoo in Northern India. The tiger after a dual fight with the cobra succumbed to his death after being unconscious, bleeding from the nose and foaming at the mouth. The cobra too had been paralysed in the fight and they were trying to save it. Rajan’s death is a blow to Indore zoo as he was brought to zoo about a month ago from another zoo in Chhattisgarh for breeding.
There are less than 180 of the white tigers left in the world. Asian White tigers are found from the frozen tundra of the Far Eastern, to the southern humid forests of Indonesia and Malaya, and to western hot hardwood forests of India. In relation to the world population of wild tigers there are about 4,000. Eighteen Indian Sanctuaries and tiger reserves account for two-thirds of all wild tigers
Over the past century only 12 white tigers were stopped in the wild in India. The white tiger’s origin was recorded in India during the start of the HB Mughal period (1556-1605 A.D.).
In 1960, a two year old white tiger in Rewa, Mohini, was bought by a US businessman for $10,000.00 and donated to the Washington D.C. Zoo. On 5th December 1960, Rewa appeared on the USA White House lawn with then president, Eisenhower.