Tiger farming might be the last resort to save tigers

There have been arguments galore about whether this will work or not but for all we know there might be no other option left for us if we want to see the big cat alive in real flesh in its natural habitat. Though conservationists across the board have consistently argued about how it is an unworkable idea and how it will not bring in the expected drop in demand for wild tiger parts. In fact to the contrary people belive it might actually stimulate further demand for tiger parts and hence be detrimental to the conservation efforts but one can not ignoare the fact that the pace at which countries like India are loosing tiger to loss of habitat and poaching we might not have any tigers left out side of zoos anyway in another decade's time. Despite the intense pressure being brought about by the green lobby in the past few years and the PMs sporadic efforts at tiger conservation and the role played by the media, some fundamental problems facing tiger conservation in India are not being addressed. As some media reports have suggested, India lost some 45 odd tigers in the last 6months and possiblly more unaccounted ones too. At such a rate of loss once you also factor in loss of habitat to iundustrialisation and farming the future of saving the tiger from extinction in India doesnt look very bright. At most we might be able to have smaller areas inside so called reserves with tigers being allowed to roam inside fenced boundaries. A glorified Zoo is what will be left of the sanctuaries with very few number of tigers and considerably weakened gene pool to sustain future populations. Given all of this it might not be a bad idea for the the MOEF to constitute a committe of scientists and experts from the field of tiger conservation to study the topic in detail and evaluate whether we should look at such a possiblity in the future if not now and how do we prepare for it.

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