Lakhimpur Kheri, March 6 -- A female rhino, Rajeshwari, was killed in a tiger attack in the Rhino Rehabilitation Area-1 (RRA-1) of the South Sonaripur range in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) on Wednesday morning, officials said. The rhino was wallowing in Amha Tal, a water pond in the rehabilitation area, when the tiger attacked and killed it. Wildlife experts said rhinos are not ideal prey for tigers in Dudhwa because of their bulky size and thick skin. While such attacks are rare, they are not unheard of. No tiger attacks on rhinos have been reported in Dudhwa in the past several years. In 2023, however, a two-year-old rhino calf was reportedly killed by a leopard. Dr H Rajamohan, field director of DTR, said mahouts Rameshwar, Irshad, Bramhadin and Ayyub, who were part of a monitoring team, witnessed the tiger attacking the rhino while patrolling the area on elephants on Wednesday morning. "The monitoring team drove away the tiger and inspected the rhino, which was identified as the female rhino Rajeshwari," he said. Rajamohan added that the animal was around 30 years old and one of the in-bred rhinos in the reserve. Post-mortem examination confirmed a tiger attack as the cause of death....