Tigers could be extinct in 12 years if unprotected

Rajat · Post by **Rajat** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 2:56 pm

I saw this on a news channel. It was not a tiger but a leopard. Hard to believe how humans can behave.

The scene is difficult to describe but similar to what can be seen below the only difference being that it was not tied.

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abhrankash · Post by **abhrankash** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:50 am

Rajat wrote:I saw this on a news channel. It was not a tiger but a leopard. Hard to believe how humans can behave.

The scene is difficult to describe but similar to what can be seen below the only difference being that it was not tied.

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Dear
Rajat ji,
I mean only that if it would have been RBT I would have mentioned it to be the RBT .

Rajat · Post by **Rajat** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:19 pm

abhrankash wrote: I mean only that if it would have been RBT I would have mentioned it to be the RBT .

Abhrankash, Sorry I could not get what you mean. RBT?? Please elaborate.

But yes I read again, you said it was a leopard in the first para and due to some confusion "tiger" in the beginning of the second. This not important. The important fact is that we share the same sentiments.

shooter · Post by **shooter** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:56 pm

I have a posted a collection of leopard lynching videos.
Please could you please add this one to them.
No its not a 'collection' in the classic sense but sort of a database. May be a useful reference in the future.

thanks

abhrankash · Post by **abhrankash** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:05 pm

Rajat wrote:
abhrankash wrote: I mean only that if it would have been RBT I would have mentioned it to be the RBT .
Abhrankash, Sorry I could not get what you mean. RBT?? Please elaborate.

But yes I read again, you said it was a leopard in the first para and due to some confusion "tiger" in the beginning of the second. This not important. The important fact is that we share the same sentiments.

Dear sir,
No,No sir,
you need not feel sorry for this.its all for the good cause we are fighting for,
RBT means ROYAL BENGAL TIGER!

Rajat · Post by **Rajat** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:57 pm

abhrankash wrote:RBT means ROYAL BENGAL TIGER!

Ah! I am not good with all these all these abbreviations. A bit old fashioned, thats me.

abhrankash · Post by **abhrankash** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:25 am

TIMES OF INDIA 15th January 2011
One leopard has been killed by 6 villagers but the forest officials of Chandaka Range (a elephant reserve near my house) they have arrested the villagers and have put the trail under fast track court on today morning I have talked to chief conservator officer about nailing them under the wild conservation act IPC.

and today I got to know that one behalf of the circumstantial evidences they are behind the bars.

I have seen that tiger they are talking of in the news paper (if that one ) that tiger is not a man eater because,I have seen him in the morning loitering on my landed property which I have got from my grand father.
which is just at the back side of CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PLASTICS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY where I was studying.(it is at the outskirt of city from their city is 15km away.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city ... 278898.cms

Post by **Sakobav** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:00 am

Even if counts are believed or accurate a positive news but with a warning on shrinking sanctuary areas and encroachment including poaching.
From BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12877560

India wild tiger census shows population rise

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The number of tigers in India's wild has gone up by 20%, according to the latest tiger census, which has surveyed the whole of India for the first time.

The census puts the population of the big cat at 1,706. There were 1,411 tigers at the last count in 2007.

But officials have raised concerns about the amount of territory that tigers have to roam in.

India has more than 45,000 sq km (27,961 miles) of forest area in 39 designated tiger reserves.

But India's Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh described the shrinking of tiger corridors as "alarming".

Unique footprints
Wildlife experts say the preservation of these corridors should be a priority for the government.

Tiger corridors connect natural habitats, which have been separated over time by human development and activity.

Conservationists used hidden cameras installed at strategic points and DNA tests to count the cats.

Earlier estimates were drawn up using the older method of counting the pugmarks - or the unique footprint - of individual tigers.

India had 100,000 tigers at the turn of the last century but there has been a serious decline in numbers since then.

Experts say that 97% of tigers have been lost to poaching and shrinking habitats.

Today, fewer than 3,500 tigers remain in the wild around the world with India accounting for more than half of them.

But the latest census figures were described as "good news" by Mr Ramesh.

The key difference in the latest census was that it covered the whole of India.

"The count is more scientific this time and therefore more accurate," Rajesh Gopal of Project Tiger, the government's tiger conservation body, was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying.

The survey could include difficult swampy terrain such as that found in the Sundarbans mangrove forest in West Bengal state bordering Bangladesh.

This count yielded 70 tigers from the Sundarbans tiger reserve, which had not been covered in the last census.

Tiger numbers have been rapidly falling in recent years due to a rise in poaching, which experts say is now organised in a similar way to drug trafficking.

The Indian authorities have not been able to put a stop to poaching, partly because of the ever-changing techniques used by the cartels behind it.

Correspondents say tiger products are a lucrative business.

There is huge demand for tiger bones, claws and skin in countries like China, Taiwan and Korea, where they are used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Post by **Yaj** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:01 pm

From past experience we know that any figures put up by our authorities are unreliable and very likely to be cooked up.

abhrankash · Post by **abhrankash** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:10 am

Yaj wrote:From past experience we know that any figures put up by our authorities are unreliable and very likely to be cooked up.

Yes I agree with you!!
Actually this sounds very fishy

Pradyumna · Post by **Pradyumna** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:30 pm

During 1990-91 I had been to the Similipal National Park in Odisha(previously known as ORISSA) for a visit for whole 3 days & 3 nights in the core area of the park. I stayed all these hours perched in the watch towers of the Forest Dept....that to different towers.Stayed alert the whole cold nights.Even it was the mating season, I never sensed the presence of RBT nor I could hear their far reverbarating growls. I remember arguing with the forest officials regarding their number game ( my friend was then ACF of the park ). Never believe the nos. During that period it was counted that there were 94 tigers in that park... far ahead of the reality that I am sure.
Pradyumna

dr.jayakumar · Post by **dr.jayakumar** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:40 pm

Pradyumna wrote:During 1990-91 I had been to the Similipal National Park in Odisha(previously known as ORISSA) for a visit for whole 3 days & 3 nights in the core area of the park. I stayed all these hours perched in the watch towers of the Forest Dept....that to different towers.Stayed alert the whole cold nights.Even it was the mating season, I never sensed the presence of RBT nor I could hear their far reverbarating growls. I remember arguing with the forest officials regarding their number game ( my friend was then ACF of the park ). Never believe the nos. During that period it was counted that there were 94 tigers in that park... far ahead of the reality that I am sure.
Pradyumna

the census is made by pug marks,not by visual counting,which leads to lot of error.sometimes the gaurds due to laziness donot cover the said area and do fake the count.this is the reason ngo's are organised with the officials for the census. in my experiance so far,its very difficult to spot a tiger in from a watch tower.they are highly sensitive.if your watch tower was beside an only water hole for some distance,then you might be lucky.

Pradyumna · Post by **Pradyumna** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:06 pm

Yes my Docter friend...I am absolutely aware that it is far more difficult to see a tiger in wild as it can feel your presence before you are aware & slips away without your knowledge.Thats why I used the fact as ... SENSED THE PRESENCE.. it can be the heavy foot falls, call from other creatures but not visual feast. But what about the mating calls which can be heard from miles away ? Any way may God help this beauty to survive.Because only HE can save in this scenario of population explosion which ultimately intrudes into tigers habitat.
Pradyumna

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