Two tiger cubs killed in Ranthambore.
Two male tiger cubs, less then two year old, have been killed in Ranbthambore National Park. The two were found dead on boundary of Ranthambore National Park sending shock waves among tiger lovers and forcing government to constitute a committee to probe the killings.
The mother of the two cubs is still missing.
The bodies were found lying at a close distance, next to two bodies of goats. "We suspect it to be a case of poisioning their kill,"R.N. Mehrotra, chief wild life warden, Rajasthan told India Today. His suspects the villagers. "It appears as an act of vengeance," he said, adding "the bodies were intact." The killings appear to have taken place three-four days ago.
However, local sources allege that this could well be an act of poaching as there have been reports in the past about the poachers. The bodies were found in an area that has been out of bounds for tourists.
Foresters say the missing mother had abandoned the grown up cubs a few months ago and also blame growing male population for pushing the two cubs out of core area. However, while the figure of about forty put forward by wild life officials is always suspected, it is a far less number that is actually regularly spotted by tourists and forest staff.
Whatever be the reason, the killings display a total lack of a foolproof system to protect tigers in a small area of this national park even after the Sariska disaster. While wild life department has shifted three tigers to Sariska and is pushing for moving more tigers to other core areas, the major question these killings have again raised is that government or anyone else just can not assure safety to tigers at their home, whether in a national park or their new homes.
The mother of the two cubs is still missing.
The bodies were found lying at a close distance, next to two bodies of goats. "We suspect it to be a case of poisioning their kill,"R.N. Mehrotra, chief wild life warden, Rajasthan told India Today. His suspects the villagers. "It appears as an act of vengeance," he said, adding "the bodies were intact." The killings appear to have taken place three-four days ago.
However, local sources allege that this could well be an act of poaching as there have been reports in the past about the poachers. The bodies were found in an area that has been out of bounds for tourists.
Foresters say the missing mother had abandoned the grown up cubs a few months ago and also blame growing male population for pushing the two cubs out of core area. However, while the figure of about forty put forward by wild life officials is always suspected, it is a far less number that is actually regularly spotted by tourists and forest staff.
Whatever be the reason, the killings display a total lack of a foolproof system to protect tigers in a small area of this national park even after the Sariska disaster. While wild life department has shifted three tigers to Sariska and is pushing for moving more tigers to other core areas, the major question these killings have again raised is that government or anyone else just can not assure safety to tigers at their home, whether in a national park or their new homes.
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