No tigers left in Sariska: CBI

Times of India , Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Correspondent : Amit Mukherjee
NEW DELHI: The CBI team asked by the Prime Minister to join the tiger hunt in Sariska has confirmed the worst fears of environmentalists — there is little probability of finding any tigers there.

The team believes the original numbers of animals — as many as 26 in the last census — were grossly exaggerated. At most, there might have been a dozen. It also believes that the female tigers died long before the last male tiger disappeared.

This indicates neglect on the part of authorities — they were not even aware of the male-female imbalance, let alone doing anything to correct it.

The CBI team also found clear evidence of poaching over the past couple of years, with a large number of poachers roaming freely.

The team is understood to have concluded that the combination of neglect and poaching had skewed the pitch against tigers — they were condemned to fight a losing battle.

While there is no conclusive evidence of connivance between the forest staff and poachers, the fact that the killers had a free run of the reserve would certainly indicate that the forest guards were terribly negligent.

 
SOURCE : Times of India, Wednesday, March 30, 2005
 


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