Déjà 3 tigres morts empoisonnés découverts ce mois ci en Assam, et un éléphant domestique abattu après qu'il ait tué six personnes (Hindustan Times, ce jour).
Forest guards in north-central Assam's Orang National Park recovered the carcass of an adult Royal Bengal tigress on Tuesday.
It was the third tiger believed to have been poisoned this month by villagers adjoining the 78.81 sq km park, 150 km northeast of Guwahati.
Divisional forest officer Sushil Kumar Daila said the carcass of the 10-year-old tigress was found near the Panchnoi No 2 anti-poaching camp on the eastern edge of the park. "Foul smell in the air led the forest guards to the tigress that died a few days ago," he added.
Jumbo shot after killing 6 in Arunachal
Forest guards in Arunachal Pradesh shot a domesticated male elephant after it trampled six people to death. Those killed were labourers engaged in road construction at Likabali in West Siang
district. "The elephant killed four people and damaged some houses on Monday. It killed two persons on Tuesday," said NN Jhasa, principal chief conservator of forest (wildlife), Arunachal
Pradesh.
Le bilan officiel pour l'année 2012 est très lourd (Times of india, hier).
NEW DELHI: The country lost 197 tigers in the past three years with 2012 recording the highest number of 88 deaths, including 59 due to poaching, the Rajya Sabha was today informed.
In a written reply, environment and forest minister Jayanthi Natarajan provided the figures related to tigers poached and deaths of big cats due to natural and other causes since 2010.
