Tiger discovered hanging from tree entice in Madhya Pradesh

By Express News Service

BHOPAL: In a horrifying incident, a male tiger aged round two years was discovered hanging from a tree entice within the Panna district of ‘Tiger State’ Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday morning.

While the state forest and wildlife authorities have begun a probe into the tiger’s killing, famous wildlife activist Ajay Dubey described it as the primary incident of a tiger being hanged to dying by an animal entice within the nation within the final two to a few many years.

He has additionally demanded a CBI probe into your complete incident as Panna and adjoining areas have lengthy been infamous for organized poaching, owing to which Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) has turn out to be virtually extinct of tigers since 2008. 

According to Sanjiv Jha, forest conservator (Chhatapur) the dying of the tiger was reported round Tuesday evening, but it surely was solely on Wednesday morning when the group reached the spot did they discover a noose across the tiger.

The incident passed off within the jungles close to Vikrampur village of Tilgaon forest beat of North Panna Forest Division, which is simply outdoors the protected space.

“Already the sniffer dogs from adjoining Satna as well as the Panna National Park are in action on ground, while a team of state forest department’s Tiger Strike Force too has joined the on-the-spot investigations. While the autopsy findings alone will establish the real cause of the tiger’s death, circumstantial details suggest that the tiger fell prey to the trap (clutch wire trap) put in place for other animals,” mentioned Jha.

“We’re appealing to local residents to share with us any information about the tiger’s death. Their names will be kept confidential. We’re also trying to ascertain the dead tiger’s identity by matching its carcass’ picture with a database of tigers at Panna Tiger Reserve,” he added.

Ajay Dubey mentioned that by no means earlier than in his profession of 20-22 years had he even heard of a tiger weighing round 200-250 kg being hung from a entice. “There have been incidents of tigers being killed by using electric current flowing fencing and other ground traps, but never this,” he added.

“How can such incidents happen, when the Panna Tiger Reserve is well equipped with technologies, like night vision cameras, drones and satellite-collared tigers?” he questioned.

He added, “It’s fairly doable that the tiger has fallen prey to a entice stored for another animal, however solely a specialised company just like the CBI, which has experience in probing narcotics and wildlife crimes, can deal with a case of such magnitude.”

As per the figures accessible with the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) – the statutory authority beneath Project Tiger – Madhya Pradesh reported a most of 270 tiger deaths within the nation between 2012 and July 2022, adopted by 184 in adjoining Maharashtra and 150 in Karnataka.

As per the most recent NTCA figures, Madhya Pradesh misplaced 42 tigers in 2021, whereas the tiger mortality rely to this point (together with the tiger discovered hanging to dying in Panna district on Wednesday morning) within the 12 months 2022 stands at 32.

BHOPAL: In a horrifying incident, a male tiger aged round two years was discovered hanging from a tree entice within the Panna district of ‘Tiger State’ Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday morning.

While the state forest and wildlife authorities have begun a probe into the tiger’s killing, famous wildlife activist Ajay Dubey described it as the primary incident of a tiger being hanged to dying by an animal entice within the nation within the final two to a few many years.

He has additionally demanded a CBI probe into your complete incident as Panna and adjoining areas have lengthy been infamous for organized poaching, owing to which Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) has turn out to be virtually extinct of tigers since 2008. 

According to Sanjiv Jha, forest conservator (Chhatapur) the dying of the tiger was reported round Tuesday evening, but it surely was solely on Wednesday morning when the group reached the spot did they discover a noose across the tiger.

The incident passed off within the jungles close to Vikrampur village of Tilgaon forest beat of North Panna Forest Division, which is simply outdoors the protected space.

“Already the sniffer dogs from adjoining Satna as well as the Panna National Park are in action on ground, while a team of state forest department’s Tiger Strike Force too has joined the on-the-spot investigations. While the autopsy findings alone will establish the real cause of the tiger’s death, circumstantial details suggest that the tiger fell prey to the trap (clutch wire trap) put in place for other animals,” mentioned Jha.

“We’re appealing to local residents to share with us any information about the tiger’s death. Their names will be kept confidential. We’re also trying to ascertain the dead tiger’s identity by matching its carcass’ picture with a database of tigers at Panna Tiger Reserve,” he added.

Ajay Dubey mentioned that by no means earlier than in his profession of 20-22 years had he even heard of a tiger weighing round 200-250 kg being hung from a entice. “There have been incidents of tigers being killed by using electric current flowing fencing and other ground traps, but never this,” he added.

“How can such incidents happen, when the Panna Tiger Reserve is well equipped with technologies, like night vision cameras, drones and satellite-collared tigers?” he questioned.

He added, “It’s fairly doable that the tiger has fallen prey to a entice stored for another animal, however solely a specialised company just like the CBI, which has experience in probing narcotics and wildlife crimes, can deal with a case of such magnitude.”

As per the figures accessible with the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) – the statutory authority beneath Project Tiger – Madhya Pradesh reported a most of 270 tiger deaths within the nation between 2012 and July 2022, adopted by 184 in adjoining Maharashtra and 150 in Karnataka.

As per the most recent NTCA figures, Madhya Pradesh misplaced 42 tigers in 2021, whereas the tiger mortality rely to this point (together with the tiger discovered hanging to dying in Panna district on Wednesday morning) within the 12 months 2022 stands at 32.