Tiger Poaching In Panna Nationwide Park

 Sorry once more to start the New Yr on a detrimental be aware. In lower than a month’s time, when wildlife lovers haven’t forgotten the ugly incident of a tiger poaching and the pictures of the  tiger carcass hanging from a tendu tree, one other tiger was killed. The December 7 tiger poaching had occurred 20 kms away from the park this time  the tiger poaching has taken place proper inside Panna nationwide park. The  tiger was electrocuted in Kishenganj vary of buffer zone of the tiger reserve.

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The most recent case of tiger poaching was reported on the intervening night time of January 3 and 4. In reality a hyena was additionally electrocuted. It was a properly constructed stunning tiger that misplaced life proper contained in the park the place poachers used the provision line passing from the park to kill the animal.  However extra miserable was an announcement of the park director, Brajendra Jha who stated this was a part of the start of tigers and their dying.  Extra tigers have been born in Panna tiger reserve than those that have died, he stated with out blinking an eye fixed.  He additionally stated that the majority of such incidents happen within the night time nevertheless it was not potential to patrol all alongside the provision traces passing over the park.

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 The sphere director additionally stated that the entice was laid for wild boar searching however the tiger was killed. Even when the poachers meant  to kill a wild boar that too contained in the park, it’s one thing very critical and may’t be taken flippantly. The park director hardly has any expertise of wildlife conservation and administration and it was maybe his first such posting.  Sadly, there’s a dearth of excellent officers in Madhya Pradesh who’re fascinated with wildlife.

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With the utmost variety of 526 tigers , Madhya Pradesh additionally has the biggest forest cowl within the nation, adopted by Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Maharashtra .The forest cowl contributes 25.14% of the overall geographical space of the state and is unfold over 77493 sq km space, in accordance with India State of the Forest Report 2021.  

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The state’s protected forest space is unfold throughout 10 nationwide parks and 26 wildlife  sanctuaries however there appears to be a shortfall of a devoted inexperienced pressure to   defend  this wealth, admits a senior official of Indian forest service on this central Indian state. In  2009, Panna had  witnessed a disaster when all its tiger inhabitants was poached and the tiger turned extinct from the park. It was adopted by a profitable tiger relocation programme . Presently, there are greater than 70 tigers in Panna tiger reserve. Most of the massive cats of the tiger reserve have to maneuver out  to create territory  and once they accomplish that, they’re killed.

By Deshdeep Saxena

Pictures Courtsey Panna Tiger Reserve