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Tracking down of tigers begin
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| Central Chronicle , Wednesday, April 27, 2005 |
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| Chennai, April 26 In preparation for the 'Tiger' census, which will commence later this year, the Tamil Nadu Wild Life department has commenced the task of tracking down the wild cats in the State tiger reserve and forest areas, where tigers are found.According to the present count, there are 89 tigers in Tamil Nadu, including 29 at the Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve in Tirunelveli district', Chief Wild Life Warden, Dr Sukdev said. Stating that the figure, arrived at during an exercise undertaken between November last year and February this year, was expected to go up 'slightly', he said wildlife personnel had started observing pugmarks, tiger excreta and scratchings on the ground and on trees. Responding to a query, he said wildlife officials, with the help of tribals, were keeping a close vigil on areas frequented by tigers. However, there had been no reported cases of poaching in the last five years at least, he claimed.
Other forest areas where the wild cats were found are Annamalai, Mudumalai, Satyamangalam and North and South Nilgris.
Ruling out the use of cameras for tracking down tigers, the officer in charge of Kalakkad-Mudanthurai, Dr Annamalai said that cameras were, however, 'being used for other scientific purposes like studying the condition of tigers'.
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Central Chronicle, Wednesday, April 27, 2005 |
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