12 tigers go missing from Rajaji park

The Hindu , Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Correspondent : PTI
Dehra Dun: Nearly 12 tigers have gone missing from the Rajaji National Park, forest department officials said on Monday.

According to official sources here, the latest estimate suggests that there are only 10-12 tigers left in the area, which had a total population of 24 according to the 2005 census. In 2008 census, the tiger count in the park mentioned presence of only 10-12 tigers on the basis of modern census using latest techniques like camera traps.

Rajaji park Director S.S. Raisili said: “The data of 2005 census was based on only pugmark imprints. But the census carried out by Wildlife Institute of India has given the figure of 10-12 tigers based on modern techniques.”

In 2005, tigers vanished from the Sariska wildlife sanctuary prompting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to set up a special task force on the conservation of tigers. PTI

Poachers nabbed

Staff Correspondent adds: Police and Wildlife Protection officials nabbed two poachers with two skins of leopards and parts of a bear from Haripur in Kalsi area near here recently. The third companion however managed to escape.

The duo had admitted of having killed the animals in the nearby forests and were on their way to sell the skins, officials said.

It may be mentioned that poaching of leopard and musk deer increases in the winters as the animals come down to the forests and villages in lower areas and become an easy prey to poachers, a senior forester said.

 
SOURCE : http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/13/stories/2009101354450500.htm
 


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