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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Court stays translocation of tigers

Sawai Madhopur, June 3:
A local court here has stayed translocation of tigers from the Ranthambore tiger reserve in this to the Sariska sanctuary in Alwar district till further orders.
The Standing District Lok Adalat headed by District and Session Judge Chandrakala Yadav had issued the stay yesterday on a public interest petition filed by a lawyer Bhola Shankar Sharma and Jitendra Sharma.
The petitioners pleaded that people in Sawai Madhopur district did depend for livelihood, on tourism and the trans-location of the big cats from the district is not in the interest of the tourism industry in this district.