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madikeri : state wildlife board member meriyanda sanketh poovaiah criticised forest department officials for their negligence, which led to the recent deaths of a tiger and four cubs at Meenyam in MM hills wildlife sanctuary in chamarajanagara district.
speaking to reporters,pooviah noted that despit a dedication national tiger conservation authority, such deaths occurred in a protected forest.he highlighted karnatakas position as the second ranked state with 563 tigers among 17 states showing increased tiger populations.
while tourists appreciate tiger sightings, villagers near forest boundaries live in constant fear of wildlife encounters. despite substantial union and state govt funding, forest officials failed to implement effective scientific measures,according to poovaiah.
hi pointed out that despite receving grants for forest protection and wildlife conservation,the departments resource utilisation remains inadequates. entry-level staff,recruitment through outsourcing as a rapid task force,elephant task force,and daily wage workers, lack proper training to work round -the -clock and ofter perform household duties for senior officials.
karnataka houses 32 wildlife ranges and 5 tiger reserves,with rising elephant populations in hassan, chikkamagaluru,mysuru,and kodagu districts. poovaiah emphasised the govts responsibility to address wildlife attacks ,noting that 56,000 people across 17 state are hospitalished due to such incidents.
five tiger-a mother and its cubs - were found dead in the m.m .hills wildlife sanctuary in chamarajanagar district of karnataka on thursday (june 26) sending shock waves among conservationsts.
officials suspect it to be a case of poisoning ,the carcasses were found in the in the gajanur beat of the meenyam section which falls in the hoogyam range of the wildlif sanctuary .there was also a carcass of a cow close to to where the tigers were found dead. reinforcing the poison theory.
the incident is believed to have happened on Wednesday (June 25)and it came to light on Thursday.
the mother of the cubs was believed to be around 11 years and was first camera - trapped in November 2014 when it was around 6 to 8 months old .
there is speculation that the tiger had killed a cow and dragged it inside the forest .it had partially consumed the kill and is suspected to have returned again by when some miscreants had poisoned the carcreants had poisoned the carcass, and consuming which the tiger and its cubs died.
minister for forests ecology and environment Eshwar B. Khandra has sought a report on the incident and said that the guilty would not be spared.
Bengaluru: in a shocking case reported from karnataka, a tigress and her 4 cubs were found dead in the male Mahadeshwar hills wildlife sanctuary .officials termed it the worst single- day tiger deathroll at a single place .the forest officials suspect that deaths are a result of poisoning.
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officials said that the tigress had killed a cow just a few days ago . the officials suspect that the tigress and her cubs fed on a carcass which had been laced with poison. the carcass was a bait to kill the animals, they said .an autopsy is scheduled to be held on Friday ,which would confirm the cause of the death of the animals.
talking about the deaths, karnataka forest minister Eshwar Khandra said ,five tiger s, including a mother tiger and four cubs ,have died at male Mahadeshwar hills. I have given order for a high-level enquiry. We are shocked and saddened by this incident .a post-mortem will be conducted in accordance with the established protocol.
the enquiry report is to be submitted in 3 days. Sources quoted by the times of india said ,that human- animal complicate are on the rise in and around the MM hills area .it has reached such proportion that some villagers have tried to kill that some villagers have tried to kill the animals ,by resorting to tactics like poisoning and snaring.
Khandra said that if the probe reveals negligence on part of the forest officials, or electrocution or electrocution or poisoning to have caused the animals death, those responsible would face the heat of the law. He said that criminal cases will be filed against the accused .
with 563 tigers, karnataka has the second highest population of predators in the country .just behind Madhya Pradesh . however wildlife watchers and conservationists have repeatedly warned that tiger habitats in the state are under pressure. the MM hills sanctuary has not received the status of a tiger reserve for 15 years now. a tiger reserve status could limit commercials activities in the area and improve conservation efforts, according to experts.
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