12 TIGRES MORTS EN 10 MOIS DANS L'ETAT DU MADYA PRADESH : causes diverses, dont 3 cas de braconnage par électrocution - "AGIR OU MOURIR" (Mahatma Gandhi, 8 Août 1942). Source : Times of India, ce jour - . Les félins essaiment d'une réserve à l'autre (voir page blog d'avant - hier "Cruel défaut d'espace vital"), un mâle adulte vient d'arriver dans celle de Palamu (Times of India, ce jour).
En Andhra Pradesh, la vitesse des véhicules sera limitée à 30km/h dans les réserves... (The Hindu, ce jour).
1.NAGPUR: Expressing serious concern over 12 tiger deaths in just 10 months in Madhya Pradesh, minister for environment and forest
JayanthiNatarajan has urged state chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to take preventive steps.
From January 1, 2012, to October 19, 2012, 12 tigers have died in the 'tiger state' of MP. Shockingly, 50% of them died due to
poaching. One tiger died in December, taking the total tally to 13.
Substantiating her claims, Natarajan
submitted details of tiger deaths showing that of the 12 tigers, five died a natural death while seven died due to poaching and accidents. While five deaths were reported in territorial areas,
seven were reported from Kanha, Panna and
Bandhavgarh tiger reserves.
Natarajan's letter to Chouhan said the number of deaths is comparatively higher than the average tiger mortality recorded in the past. She said the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)
has issued several advisories for anti-poaching operations, besides alerting the states time and again.
"Since there are more deaths outside tiger reserves, there is an urgent need to review tiger deaths in general forest areas by head of
forest force (HOFF) of the state," she stressed.
Based on such reviews, an ongoing field monitoring system should be put in place in areas having spatial occupancy of tigers. The man-tiger interface issues need to be urgently addressed through
prompt payment of ex-gratia compensation to avoid revenge killings, Natarajan said.
She has urged the chief minister to direct
chief wildlife warden to liaison closely with the NTCA and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) to strengthen
networking to enable timely alerts and draw up preventive strategy.
However, in a reply to Natarajan, the MP chief minister said the state is trying its best to ensure that tigers are not poached by professional poachers or killed in retaliation for loss of human
life or cattle by irate villagers.
Chouhan admitted that from January to December 2012, 13 cases of tiger deaths and three cases of tiger skin seizures have been registered. He claimed that among the 13 cases, the causes of tiger
mortality include death due to senility (1), disease (4), territorial fight (3), accidental death (2), and poaching (3). All the three cases of poaching have been caused by electrocution. Not a
single case of poaching has occurred this year within any tiger reserve, Chouhan replied to Natarajan.
Chouhan admitted that one of the biggest challenges is to monitor and protect tigers dispersing from natal areas into multiple use areas strewn with villages, crop fields and several other land
uses.
The chief minister said MP has been focusing on strengthening territorial divisions by providing personnel skill training and equipment. "We have established 54 tiger protection camps in
sensitive areas abutting tiger reserves and equipped these camps with personnel, vehicles, field gear and other necessary equipment. We have also trained staff managing territorial forest
divisions in wildlife crime detection investigation, and monitoring is an ongoing activity," said Chouhan.
2. DALTONGANJ: Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) officials are elated with the arrival of an adult
male tiger in the reserve. The foresters said the pugmarks of this tiger are different from other felines in PTR. However,
wildlife officials have no idea where this
tiger has come from.
Project Tiger field director SEH Kazmi said: "I personally saw the pugmarks of the tiger - they are enormous and very different from
the other tigers in this reserve." He said the
pugmarks measure 15x16 centimeters, which is the biggest seen in PTR.
Premjit Anand, DFO Core of the tiger reserve, also said that he believed that these footprints were created by a newcomer. He, however, refused to disclose the exact location where the pugmarks
were seen. Anand added that the new tiger has been named Maharaja by foresters.
Sources said PTR staff is concerned about
the safety and security of tigers and other animals at the reserve and hunting and poaching are real challenges faced by them. They said foresters are disappointed with the dwindling number of
officers and more than 60% posts have been vacant for more than 13 years.
The sources said PTR is more vulnerable to
poaching than other tiger reserves in the country because of frequent clashes between security forces and Maoists. Security forces often launch anti-Maoist
operations both in the core and buffer areas of the reserve and that does not augur well for the reserve.
3. Traffic check in Kawal Tiger Reserve
