Maneater Shot dead in Faizabad

[amk]

I don't know if killing this tigress was absolutely necessary or not. I guess I will never be able to view this from the eyes of its victims and their families so I don't want to form any opinion about it. However, I endorse marksman's views; it wasn't necessary to post the picture here. Once again, it's breaks my heart to watch a magnificent creation of God lie like this.

AMK

[Risala]

Given that they are near extinction......shooting it was easily avoidable.....could have easily darted it and then relocated it to a zoo,since it was a declared man eater....but these are election times..... the powers that be could have submitted to pressure due to the fear of loosing out on votes....

[kanwar76]

I don't know whether the killing was right or not as we are no way related to victims or affected by the Man eater in any way but I think Tigers are “Near Extinction” in Jungles not in zoos. There are more than a few languishing in every zoo and even in private collections and some in not so good conditions. So what exactly would have achieved by moving one more to zoo.

In my view this hunt/killing should have been auctioned. I am sure forest department would have collected enough money to at least buy some good rifles for their guards to protect other tigers from LG shots but then Questions of misuse of this incident and forest office offering hunt of normal tigers is also another debatable topic. Hmmm catch 22...

-Inder
PS: These are my views. May be a bit Khicdi but mine. I do not intent to start any flaming war of words here.

[fantumfan2003]

At the outset, Let me state that I am still confused whether killing this tigress was right or wrong.

Humans have and continue to relentlessly encroach on wildlife habitats, I am not just referring to the Tiger's habitat, but even smaller and lesser known species of animals, birds, reptiles etc. So sometimes I like to think we as humans in a way go in harms way.

It would have probably been nice to see this tigress darted and caged in some zoo for the rest of her life. But then the way she would have been treated by her handlers and caretakers in the zoo prompts me to think death for her was better than living a life in a zoo. I have seen the way those man eater leopards are kept in Mumbai. But then again this tigress was dangerous and who would dare to dart her, given her behaviour towards humans.

Also what crosses my minds is, so many tigers have been poached and hunted so far so what is all the fuss about one more, when we have failed to protect those already lost.

I am inclined to believe what Valmik Thapar said. Work seriously to protect the tiger or let it go extinct. And Thapar was himself a hunter once.

A

M.

Marksman,

We cant afford to lose a single tiger but we can certainly afford to lose village farmers is it?

Ashar

[raj]

Given that they are near extinction......shooting it was easily avoidable.....could have easily darted it and then relocated it to a zoo,since it was a declared man eater....but these are election times..... the powers that be could have submitted to pressure due to the fear of loosing out on votes....

[brijendra]

1. the tiger killed only 5 people
2. the nawab shot the tiger b/w the eyes after it was dead ....
3. the nawab was never made head of the operation
4. the nawab had no idea how to track the the tiger ..
5. the state govt. gave prize to forest officials and not to nawab ....
hence what nawab is boasting about is false and untrue things about u.p. forest deptt. officials and sevants ..

[HydNawab]

Could you please state the source of the points you have mentioned?

[brijendra]

u.p forest deptt. official himself ,, who was part of the operation ...

[HydNawab]

Oral or something in writing????

[winnie_the_pooh]

u.p forest deptt. official himself ,, who was part of the operation ...

The same one who tracked down the tiger,challenged it to unarmed combat,overpowered it and then strangled it with his bare hands before the hunter turned up?

I am sure he would be pretty unhappy that the hunter spoilt the pristine hide by putting holes in it.How unsporting to fire at a dead tiger.

Only 5 people killed by the tiger tch tch such a small number.The tigers career as a man eater was cut short in it's infancy.Should they have not waited till it had killed a respectable number of people.Shame on them

Typical petty mindedness of officials who can't do something themselves and then have to run down others who can.Ask the fellow how he would have felt had one of those five been his father/mother/brother/sister/wife or child.This joker is callous, indifferent, incompetent besides being petty and I am being charitable.

Lets not hear anymore of the ramblings from this detestable fellow working in the Forest Dept.

[HydNawab]

[m24]

A quote I read somewhere, " When a man wants to kill a tiger, he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to kill him, he calls it ferocity."

Regards

[TenX]

I love this topic

[full_circle]

Nawab Shafath Ali Khan's interview video on youtube... clearly mentions attempts at tranquilising and capture of the tigress by the Forest dept, the Wildlife Trust of India, and the hunter himself. He also states that orders for killing the tigress were issued on the 24th (24 Feb 2009).

I think its safe to assume that given the situation, all possible efforts were made to capture the tigress before the hunter was asked to kill the maneater.

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[Sujay]

He has been called again to shoot a man eating tiger/tigress. This time the area of operation is Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture (CISH) campus near Lucknow.