1411.. only 1411 tigers left in India. Once we boasted about our national animal, and the beauty of the beast. But sadly there might be a day, when we can't see any one of them. Tiger hunting started as a sport in olden times, now it has lead to a stage where tigers are hard to find.
India has about 37 tiger sanctuaries across the country. The number is slowly decreasing in each sanctuary. Its sad that we are left with so few tigers. Poaching of tigers for that matter any animal should be banned. Tigers are killed for their skin and body parts.The Bengal tiger is endangered because it is poached for its body parts to cater to an illegal market. Another reason is habitat loss due to depletion of forest cover interference of humans and encroachment of forest land by people causing fragmentation. At the turn of the century, there were almost reportedly 40,000 tigers in India, but now only 1411 remain in the wild.
Some facts
- 2009 was the worst year for tigers in India, with 86 deaths reported.
- There are 37 Tiger sanctuaries in India. However, 17 sanctuaries are on the verge of losing their tiger population.
- Corbett National Park is the oldest tiger park in India. It was created in 1936 as ‘Hailey National Park’.
- The Kanha National Park’s lush sal and bamboo forests, grassy meadows and ravines provided inspiration to Rudyard Kipling for his famous novel, The Jungle Book.
Tiger is symbol of wilderness and well-being of the ecosystem. By conserving and saving tigers the entire wilderness ecosystem is conserved. In nature, barring human beings and their domesticates, rest of the ecosystem is wild. Hence conserving wilderness is important and crucial to maintain the life support system. So saving tiger amounts to saving the ecosystem which is crucial for man's own survival.
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Yeah.
Getting together for a cause.
We have to save our pride.
Appreciation to ur effort. :)
yeah.. we must do whtever we can to save the tigers.. .ive visited many national parks.. i ve seen about half a dozen tigers.. im telling u , they have a frightened look on their faces,, when they see humans..
we must save them..
hey, totally cool blog u got there. all jazzed up and happening. n happy to see ur concern for the tigers. i think by the time Mehek grows up itself, there wont be any left for her to see. :(
i have seen a couple in Corbett.....that was some experience.....travelling across corbett in the nite......car broke down...i was only 9-10 yrs old.....had to stay inside car till help came....and we saw one tiger
corbett is just hyped.. nuthing great. .u must go to Kanha national park in MP.. lotsa tiger sighting.. very nice national park.
It is not 1411 anymore, unless one new baby tiger has born in past week or so. The reason is that an 8 year old tiger was found dead last week in Bandipur reserve forest. So, the official count is 1410 ;)
Having said that, it needs two things to happen simultaneously.
1. Save the existing tigers
2. Regenerate/Improve the growth rate of the existing population.
Merely working on just one doesn't help. Both needs to go hand in hand to make a difference, which is highly impossible given the kind of interference mankind is having with mother nature. Survival of the fittest theory holds good for every life on this earth!
maybe we have to take the existing tigers to a newly developed more friendly , safe sanctuary. and help them breed there.
something has to be done fast..
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