Minister's intervention saves tigress at Ranthambore

Rajasthan Tourism Minister Beena Kak helped save a tigress' life after she spotted the feline with a fatal wound while on a vacation at the Ranthambore National Park.

The minister promptly drew environmentalists' attention towards the tigress' condition and helped got the animal treated in time. Kak also saved the cubs in the process as they were too young to take care of themselves. (Photo courtesy: Bina Kak, Tourism Minister, Rajasthan)

The Tourism Minister spotted a wound in the tigress' back while taking photographs in the park and reported the matter to the forest officials. (Photo courtesy: Bina Kak, Tourism Minister, Rajasthan)

The authorities dismissed it as diarrhoea but the minister persisted and insisted on the photograph being shown to a vet. (Photo courtesy: Bina Kak, Tourism Minister, Rajasthan)

The vet concluded that the tigress had maggots which would kill her in three days. (Photo courtesy: Bina Kak, Tourism Minister, Rajasthan)

The next morning, Kak went with forest officials who managed to tranquilise the tigress. (Photo courtesy: Bina Kak, Tourism Minister, Rajasthan)

The tigress was then surgically treated, thus saving her in time. (Photo courtesy: Bina Kak, Tourism Minister, Rajasthan)

The minister's timely action not only saved the tigress but also her two one-and-a half-month-old cubs who would not have survived without their mother. (Photo courtesy: Bina Kak, Tourism Minister, Rajasthan)