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| Tigers Mating by Dharmagiri at Pench |
In the year 2010 the population was little above 1700 and much below before that. The figures are encouraging especially since more scientific approach has been used.
The big cat has a long way to go since the numbers do not extract it out of the endangered status. The rise in population could also be due to tigers discovered in areas hitherto unknown. But better managed reserves have definitely contributed to the increase.
But what is discouraging is the ministers view that our big cats can be shared with other countries. This is nowhere advisable and the best that can be done is to trans locate the animals to protected areas with less or no tigers.
There are many neglected reserves in this country with decreasing population. At many places local factors like poaching, disease and habit destruction is making the majestic animal extinct.
A new approach to census should be put in place with population of each and every reserve made open to public. This is a pertinent approach which will also put to pressure weak management and expose local problems.
2 comments:
Hello Sir,
I beg to differ with your point on India sharing its tigers with others.
Considering that we have over 70 % of wild tigers in the world, the onus is on us to make sure that the species survives. Of course, while we should give preference to re-locating this wild cat in our country first, demands made from other nations with favorable habitats should also be considered.
Regards, Varun
it is very bad idea to share our wild cats with other countries, already there are few tigers in India and it's been very difficult to save these cats from poachers now a days...please save the wildlife.
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