Finally some one has woken up !

After the shifting of two female tigers to Panna a few months back by the state govt the centre has finally allowed Male tigers to be shifted there as 'The Hindu' post below says . One hopes the two tigresses shifted earlier have not been poached already. The environment minister Jai Ram Ramesh has thus far shown the vigour needed to get the job done to save tigers in India from extinction but state governments need to play along. Today's other news about a tripartite MOU to be signed now on between the Centre, state govt and the tiger reserve is a good step in the direction of creating an accountable and responsible system with long term needs and interests in mind.

Centre gives nod for translocation of tiger into Panna Reserve

Bhopal (PTI) The decks have been cleared for the translocation of a tiger into the Panna Tiger Reserve, with the Centre permitting the Madhya Pradesh Forest officials to go ahead with its plan to shift a big cat into this sanctuary to revive the wild cat population.

"We got permission to translocate the tiger from the Centre yesterday," Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) H.S. Pabla told PTI on Friday.

"We are going to shift the big cat either from Bandhavgarh or Kanha as both have a good number of tiger population," he said.

The PCCF said that the translocation will be done in accordance with the Centre's guidelines adding that a Wildlife Institute of India (WII) biologist will be present during the shifting process of big cat.

Mr. Pabla said that the translocation will be carried out as soon as possible, adding that field directors of Bandhavgarh and Kanha are going to be contacted soon in this regard.

In March, two tigresses from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and Kanha Tiger Reserve, had been translocated to Panna, spread over 542 sq km in Panna and Chhatarpur districts in East Madhya Pradesh, where the big tiger population had become zero following poaching, according to a Special Investigation Team of National Tiger Conservation Authority recent report.

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200906261414.htm