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"Preliminary findings of the 2014 tiger census and
figures obtained through RTI of last year's state-level count reveal that more
than more than 40 tigers have gone missing across three sanctuaries in the
state as compared with 2010 estimates."
Sahyadri Tiger Reserve - From 21 to 5
Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve - From 20 to 6
Bor National Sanctuary - From 12 to 4
"RTI reply admits that a tiger was poached near
Ranbodi in Umred-Karhandla. Over 30 poachers have been arrested for tiger
poaching, it says. The department admits that in 2013 alone, three tigers were
poached but it has registered at least 15 offences of tiger poaching." -
TOI
This tragedy in Maharashtra shows how vulnerable our
tigers are; even after modestly successful ‘Project Tiger’. There is no point
of constructing a building from one end while someone else is destructing it
from another end. On the conservation front we need to be on high alert..
always.. Otherwise our national animal may once again reach the point of
extinction.
Sajeev
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