Monday, November 9, 2009
Tadoba tiger poachings happened under CBI's nose
A follow up report on the recent arrest of poachers from Delhi and Nagpur in Indian Express exposes complete lack of co ordination between the centre agency and local forest officials. While the CBI was on trail of the dreaded poachers, they were busy killing tigers around Tadoba Tiger Sanctuary with local forest officials apparently clueless on either activity. The incident reflects on the sorry state of affairs in and around the park despite tall proclamations made by the state forest department and NTCA. While the CBI had been on the trail of the poachers, NTCA had provided leads to local forest officials. It seems both agencies worked in isolation with neither being able to either capture the poachers or prevent the killings. The criminals even escaped the monitoring mechanism set up by Chandrapur Division called the Train Cell to nab wildlife traders. What is more worrying is that the gun that was used to shoot the tigers has not been recovered indicating that the shooters are still at large and most possibly at work. Given the shoddy job being done by forest department it is no wonder that abandoned cubs are being found aplenty around Tadoba indicating increasing poaching activity.
Forest officials claim sightings of 15 new tigers cubs in Dudhwa
Lakhimpur, Nov 8 (PTI) In a good news for wildlife enthusiasts concerned over dwindling big cat population in the country, at least 15 tiger cubs have been sighted in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh, officials said.
Not only that, the survival rate of the cubs has also increased, they said.
"At least 15 tiger cubs have been sighted at various spots of the park," Shailesh Prasad, field director of the Dudhwa reserve in Kheri district, told PTI.
He said a tigress with three cubs was sighted in Madraicha while Chhota Palia, Chaltua, Kakraha, Puraina and Jhadi Tal areas of the national park and Sadar beat of Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary (KWS) were reported to have tigresses with two cubs respectively.
He also said, "a tigress with one cub was reported to be staying in Trans-Gerua area of KWS.
Not only that, the survival rate of the cubs has also increased, they said.
"At least 15 tiger cubs have been sighted at various spots of the park," Shailesh Prasad, field director of the Dudhwa reserve in Kheri district, told PTI.
He said a tigress with three cubs was sighted in Madraicha while Chhota Palia, Chaltua, Kakraha, Puraina and Jhadi Tal areas of the national park and Sadar beat of Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary (KWS) were reported to have tigresses with two cubs respectively.
He also said, "a tigress with one cub was reported to be staying in Trans-Gerua area of KWS.
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