Tiger is a charismatic creature having a key job in the safeguarding of the ecosystem . It is at the summit of the food chain, a top hunter that keeps the balance of population in the wild .
Existence of tiger in the jungle suggests the health of the forest . If the tigers become extinct, the whole ecosystem will give away . If tiger goes extinct, some more species can or will go extinct. Like after Dodos went dead in Mauritius, a species of Acacia tree too turned extinct.
Three sub varieties of tiger have already become extinct . Almost ninety five % of tiger population has been destroyed during the preceding century .
At this moment the overall world count of tigers in the forest is not far off from 3500 with around 1411 tigers in India. Defending a single tiger is equal to saving 100 SQ KM of flora and fauna territory . However, the tiger count in India is questioned by professionals for its accurateness as several judge that the tiger population is a good deal smaller than the census quote .
Poaching is the most important reason for this. Poisoned goat as a bait is the often used method . Recently in an happening at Ranthambhore national park, a common vacation spot for vacationers , Aldrin - a strong pesticide was used to exterminate two 15-18 months old tiger cubs .
In this case , primary information is that it was an action of revenge by the villagers .
On coming to know of this, Jungle Lore, a Bombay based preservator group has swung in action . They have packed their baggage and have relocated to Ranthambhore in order to put together efforts to educate the villagers . Ranthambhore can be included in our %LINK1% or in our %LINK2%
Celebs , sport star, politicians and movie stars have been roped in to advertise the campaign. The biggest danger to the Tiger population is the perception that Chinese men create requirement for tiger body pieces for aphrodisiacal use , hence the killing of tigers!
Simultaneously in an effort, to check poaching , the Indian govt. has of late approached the Chinese govt. to support India for its undertaking to check and seal the smuggler's/ poacher's routes. In December 2009, China sentenced the person who had shot a rare tiger for 12 years plus fined him almost 85,000 U.S. dollars.
With the aggressive campaign of the Indian govt., it is now easy to set eyes on hoardings , signage's asking public to step up their awareness plus consequently help out the Indian govt. in its objective .
A side outcome of this campaign is that school children are extremely sensitive of it now and are debating this matter at their homes.
Spot these attractive animals in their normal habitat in the following tiger parks of India. Corbett National Park, Kanha National Park, Bandhavgarh National Park, Ranthambhore National Park, Panna National Park, Manas National Park, Sunderban National Park. The probability of viewing a tiger is uppermost in Bandhavgarh National Park.
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