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    India's dying tigers - 48 dead in 22 weeks

    By meeravijayan  |  Posted June 15, 2012  |  Bangalore
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     meeravijayan of Bangalore, India, extends strong objection toward the maltreatment of wild animals in her country. "Poaching has always been a huge problem in India-- there is high demand in the black market for tiger skin, tiger bones, elephant tusks, rhino horns and deer skin." meeravijayan reports that an increasing demand for animal body parts has threatened India’s tiger population. "Poaching is definitely a form of eco-terrorism. Killing any kind of wildlife not only threatens their species, but leads to a certain imbalance in the natural eco-system,” she says. “The government has to find a way to curb poaching, not just by introducing laws but by enforcing them.”
    - stein0726, CNN iReport producer

    I must say, I write this with a deep sense of sadness. Despite repeated initiatives taken by conservationists and the government, poaching seems to be a real nightmare. But it isn't only poaching that's threating India's tiger population, I read in the news today, but also a rise in eco-tourism. According to Wildlife Extra and IBNlive, 48-50 tigers have died in the past 22 weeks. It turns out, tiger reserves are now worried to report new deaths to the media.

     

    I remember watching this tiger up-close while on a safari in the Banerghatta National Park. The special tiger reserve there has few tigers, all confined to that particular enclosure; I assume their natural instincts are fading because they are fed routinely and constantly in human vicinity.

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