Saturday, November 7, 2009
More abandoned cubs found in Tadoba as forest workers take govt to court
Indicating loss of another tigress in Tadoba, four cubs were found abandoned by villagers a couple of days back. This is the 4such instance of a big cat going missing which in all likely hood has either been poached or poisoned. With Tadoba loosing tigers at a fast rate and the forest officials not being able to take effective steps to stem the killing the sanctuary is fast becoming favourite hunting ground for poachers. The reserves has also been in news recently for people in the area opposing mining activity and serious issues with relocation of villagers residing inside the park. A few months back the Maharashtra govt had transferred park officials across the state en masse without even appointing a replacement at Tadoba which came in only after a few months. One wonders whether the laxity has lead to this series of damaging losses. In a related development daily workers inside the park have filed a case in the Nagpur high court demanding details how the money received from Centre and NTCA has been spent by park administration. The case filed after the park ran out of money whic left many workers unpaid this despite the centre having released almost 11 Crs for TATR recently. The high court has ordered the state govt to file an affidavit on how the funds have been spent.
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