Till poachers do us part: Panna's inseparable tiger bros torn apart

Heera and Panna were destined to be separated, but not this way. Not in this gruesome manner, with Heera’s skin peeled off its electrocuted body.

- P.Naveen

Bhopal:

For Panna Tiger Reserve staff, it’s like the death of one in the family. No one but they understand the bond brothers Heera and Panna shared. PTR officials recall how difficult it was to collar Heera because the brothers were absolutely inseparable — so much in fact that they gave up trying to collar Panna.

They knew the siblings would eventually go their separate ways to rule over their own territories — that’s the law of nature — but no one expected they would be torn apart. Inspite of how their sister died.