PANAJI: The investigations into Goa's tiger poaching case got a boost with forensic report confirming that the remains collected from a plantation were of a striped cat.
Chief conservator of forest Dr Shashi Kumar told reporters that Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has confirmed that the sample matches to that of a tiger.
"One of the seven samples has matched. Seven samples were found of which the sixth one matched to that of a tiger. Even if one matches it proves that the animal is a tiger," he said.
The state forest department, which received the report two weeks back, had maintained uncanny silence over it until a local English newspaper leaked the report last week.
The final report which was received by deputy conservator of forest (North division) G T Kumar has overruled the preliminary report, which had raised doubts on whether the animal remains found in a cashew plantation of Keri village were really of tiger.
