Fingers crossed--they may not kill the tiger after all
--and i hope thats true--for the tiger was persecuted and hounded-if only they had let him be, initially, the situation might not have reached this stage.
The worry now is the future of the tiger--if the buffons--excuse my langaue --out their on the field worried more about their Allen Solly coats getting spoilt with the dust when on the happy hunt for the tiger-it was, and continues to eb circus.
I am happy that the tiger may not be killed--but again, this may come too late for this wild animal whose only reosrt might be lifetime imprisonment--in a cage. in a zoo.
Stray tiger not a man-eater, don’t kill it’
Lucknow
Court asks Chief Wildlife Warden to issue fresh instructions
Justice UK Dhaon of Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court asked the Chief Wildlife Warden to issue fresh orders in case of the stray tiger which was not a man-eater. Dhaon issued instructions while hearing a PIL on the stray tiger on Wednesday.
Going by the investigative report regarding the Pilibhit stray tiger filed by The Pioneer correspondent Prerna Singh Bindra, a PIL was filed in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday and the same came up for hearing on Wednesday. The PIL made a fervent plea that the Pilibhit stray tiger was not a man-eater and should not be killed by the department which was supposed to save it.
Lucknow-based Wildlife activist Kaushlendra Singh, who had founded the NGO ‘Tiger Ark’ along with Billy Arjan Singh, filed the PIL in the Lucknow bench of the High Court and asserted that the Pilibhit stray tiger was not a man-eater. Singh said the court took a serious note of his plea.
“I pleaded to the court while arguing my case that the tiger could not be called a man-eater as according to the books written by Jim Corbett, such a tiger was described as one who survived on human flesh and stalked men while this tiger was doing no such thing,” said Kaushlendra.
Taking note of Prerna Singh Bindra’s report, which specifically pointed out that the 14-year-old boy, who was allegedly killed by the tiger on December 21 at Barabanki, could be a victim of enmity. “The report specifically mentions that the boy was missing for the past four days and the villagers admitted that he could be a victim of enmity,” said Singh.
The wildlife activist also pointed out that the man who was killed in Kumarganj on January 14 had risked his own life. “The man was not supposed to enter the forest area as such instructions had been given to the villagers. So he invited his own death in a way and the tiger was not to be blamed for it,” said Kaushlendra.
Story in The Pioneer dated January 22, 2009
3 comments:
you are very passionate about tigers & their conservation. It is not very common & I did like that.
Hi! Ran into your blog from the link on Aditya's blog!
I'll be honest; I am yet to read more than a few lines on your blog but will surely do it later. Am busy presently.
I read your profile and I thought I should help you because I had similarly struggled. I am telling this to blogger people too now because they must change it for Indians.
Here is what I am talking about. You are clueless why it showed Scorpio in your profile! It is because the dates entered are in the US format(blogger/blogspot belongs to Google based in California)!
The Indian format is day/month/year but their format is month/date/year! So, you can edit your profile now and fill month in the first box and date of birth in the second and it will be okay.
Also, you can give your email in the profile page; I'd have definitely emailed you this instead of writing it here (you know it's incongruous here and does not relate to your post).
Hope this helps. Will surely read your posts later; wildlife interests me too but life for me has been mostly sedentary! I read you have published a book too! Impressive!
Regards,
Thanks.
Vikas Gupta,
JNU, New Delhi
http://vikasgupta.wordpress.com
mDogs step in to help protect villagers from ‘Man-eating’ tigers
Tuesday 27 January 2009
Stray street dogs in Bangladesh are being trained to deter prowling tigers from village borders as part of an innovative conservation scheme.
Following the breaking news that three people were killed by Bengal tigers last week in the Sundarbans, conservationists from ZSL are hoping that dogs are not just man’s best friend - they may also prove to be the tiger’s best friend. For the first time, humans’ canine companions are being used to help protect man from tigers, and therefore, tigers from man.
Field staff from ZSL working on tiger conservation and research in the Bangladesh Sundarbans have a tough job persuading the locals to protect the endangered Bengal tiger from extinction, because it has gained a formidable reputation as a man-eater.
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