States submit tiger death reports to NTCA

The Times of India , Saturday, August 06, 2016
Correspondent : MankaBehl
Nagpur : A National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) committee met officials from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha in the city on Friday to discuss Central India's tiger deaths whose causes were not ascertained.

As reported by TOI earlier, there have been 78 unexplained tiger deaths in the region over the last five years, of which Madhya Pradesh reported 39, Maharashtra 35, Chhattisgarh three and Odisha one. Officials informed the figure came down to 68 before the meeting after some reports were submitted. Inspector General of forest (Nagpur) Debabrata Swain said almost all states have filed reports of the dead tigers that will now be scrutinized by NTCA headquarters in New Delhi. Details of all 35 tiger deaths of the state since 2012 were also submitted in the meeting.

Swain added that natural death has been stated as the cause in many cases. "The states have filed report as per NTCA's standard operating procedure. The forensic reports, post-mortem reports, photographs and other evidences will be analyzed in detail," he said. In case the specified cause of death is not substantiated by adequate supporting field and factual evidence, it would be considered as poaching. It is, however, surprising why the reports were not submitted since 2012 if the cases were so straight.

TOI was the first to report distortions in tiger death data on tigernet.nic.in, the official directory of tiger mortality. In case of several deaths, no specific reason was mentioned, indicating poaching. There was complete mismatch between data collected by NTCA and Wildlife Protection Society India (WPSI), a NGO collaborating with state governments to monitor illegal wildlife trade. The NTCA website did not report the latest tiger deaths.

The 35 deaths in Maharashtra where final reports have not been submitted to NTCA include 10 in Tadoba and its landscape, six in Melghat, four in Bramhapuri, three in Chandrapur division, three under Pench Tiger Reserve, two in Sangli, two in South Chanda's FDCM area, and one each in west, south, central and north Chanda, Wardha and Amravati.

 
SOURCE : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/States-submit-tiger-death-reports-to-NTCA/articleshow/53561991.cms
 


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