'Tiger Island'

[Vassili Zaitsev]

Friends just finished watching this documentary from BBC. The concept is controversial and can be effective. Enjoy the video.

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Vassily,
An absolutely excellent documentary.
One that shows one possible approach to save the species.
With enough determination, commitment and hard work, anything is possible.

Thank you for posting it.

[dr.jayakumar]

nice video friend.have a look at ''broken tail'' nother documentary about tiger http://search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A0oGdWoV ... oken-tail/
regards
dr.jk

[Vassili Zaitsev]

Glad you both liked it. I must say this action can try and save our world tiger population. Our Jungles are shrinking every day and we are slowly encroaching in the tiger's own territory.
Let me explain why I mentioned earlier that I have my own doubts in this project.
1. First of all tigers are very territorial animal and releasing man eaters in an island can jeopardize the whole situation of the conservation of the species.
2. Tigers released in those islands are already inhabitant by humans and without a proper relocation of those families these man eaters can be dangerous to them.
3. Tigers are excellent swimmers and can swim long distance and they can swim back to the mainland or the nearby islands and that’s why a cluster of islands will be more appropriate than a few.
4. Funding of this project is by such a person can always have a question in mind. What if the funding stopped suddenly and then this project has to survive of its own.
5. How much viable study has been conducted for the success and feasibility of releasing of the man-eaters in those islands? Is there enough land for each of the tigers and sufficient food present?
Thanks.

[dr.jayakumar]

as vassili said,i am at the impression that tiger's can't be relocated,especially maneaters.i have always found that a tiger roams its parents forest and do not relocate.if it did so then it is a death wish.
but there are forests which have very thin tiger population maybe a good study can help such project?
regards
dr.jk

[prashantsingh]

I personally feel that
1.If there is enough game for these tigers to feed on
and
2. If there is no human interference on that island.
There is no reason why these tigers should revert back to maneating.

Most tigers in the film appeared to be young and healthy ( I was surprised to see they had a perfect set of teeth .)
There is no reason why they should not be able to make a kill in these densely forested islands .
These tigers are much smaller in size than the Royal Bengal tigers. I am sure they need less space than the Bengal tigers.
If left to themselves .....Animals can survive on their own. It is not that they have developed a special taste for human flesh and would prefer to swim across the ocean to get it.

[Vassili Zaitsev]

Wrote a email to Alan...lets see if he replies.