State desperately trying to cover up Goa tiger death as centre confirms poaching

After months of trying to cover up the poaching of a tiger in Goa, the state govt finally got a slap in their face when Minister MOEF Jairam Ramesh listed a tiger poached in Goa amongst other 58 deaths of tigers this year during a debate in Rajya Sabha. Red faced forest officials in Goa withering under the twin assaults of green activists and political mafia had nothing new to offer except claim that the dead animal was not a tiger. In a shocking series of incidents starting with the publishing of pictures of a dead tiger in local papers, the stat govt has tried its best to bury the case. From implicating the photographer who took pictures to filling cases against local forest officials who are investigating the case to changing samples of the animal before it got to Wildlife Institute Dehradun, it is obvious that big interests are at work behind the scenes. Since the acknowledgement of poaching has come from none of other than India's Central Minister one wonders if there are any steps his ministry will take to bring justice in the case.

Central government confirms tiger poached in Goa, state denies

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