Another Sariska...!!!!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Friends,

We've another `Sariska'!!!!!! And this time in MP. I believe the forest

officials and poachers must have taken a cue from their Rajasthan counterparts

and decided to follow suit.

It's indeed shameful that the place once famous for its Tiger-habitat has

nothing to boast of now. The Panna tiger-reserve has no tigers left!!!!Not even

one!!!How terrible but not shocking as we're probably acclimatized to such

shocks!!!!!!

And the forest officials can only say that they regret it.Do they?????I think

not. I would say it's not regret, rather indifference!!!!!!!!

" They have mouths, and speak not; eyes have they, and see not.They have ears,

and hear not; noses have they,and smell not " – Pope's poem.

Formation of committee and filing a report and paper-work is all very well…but

would it bring back the tiger???? Reminds me of a quote – `What's the use of

shutting the door when the horse has already bolted?'

Instead of all this humdrum, steps should be taken to re-introduce tigers and

encourage breeding programmes, inorder to restore the lost glory of the Panna

Tiger Reserve!!!!

 

Regards

Radhika Singh

 

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Earth/Flora--Fauna/Tiger-popu\

lation-dwindling-in-MP-/articleshow/4631848.cms

 

 

Tiger population dwindling in MP

8 Jun 2009, 1708 hrs IST, PTI

 

 

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh is on the verge of losing its 'Tiger state' tag to

Karnataka due to dwindling number of the big cats.

 

 

In the last 13 months, five tigers and tigresses died in the state capital's

national park and zoos, wildlife experts said.

 

According to a tiger census conducted by the National Tiger Conservation

Authority (NTCA) in 2007, Madhya Pradesh has 300 big cats followed by Karnataka

with 290.

 

Uttarakhand was on the third spot with 178 tigers and tigresses followed by

Uttar Pradesh (109) and Maharashtra (103), Andhra Pradesh (95) while in Tamil

Nadu the population of tigers was 76.

 

Another tiger census conducted by the Indian Wildlife Institute (WII) puts the

wild cat population in five tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh as - Kanha (89),

Bandhavgarh (47), Satpura (39), Pench (33) and Panna (24) lower at 232.

 

A four-member Central inquiry committee recently announced that Panna Tiger

Reserve was tiger-less since January.

 

" It is regrettable that not even one tiger is left in Panna, " Committee Chairman

and former NTCA Director, P K Sen had said after visiting the tiger reserve,

spread about 543 square km in the state.

 

Concerned over the NTCA report, the Madhya Pradesh government has formed a

six-member committee to look into the matter and submit its report within three

months.

 

Taking a strong view of the incident, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has

transferred Field Directors of Panna, Kanha and Bandhavgarh National Parks late

last month.

 

The state Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Dr H S Pabla admitted the

tiger population in Panna has decreased but said it has remained constant in

other areas of the state.

 

A report of International Union for Conservation of Nature has said that in the

past few years, India, which is known as " The Land of the Tiger " , has registered

a maximum decrease compared to other countries.

 

The big cat population in the world is around 5,140 and India tops the list with

1,411.