Save our tigers
At least seven Royal Bengal Tigers were killed in the adjoining areas of the Sundarbans in the last 11 years when the wild animal entered localities in search of food. Villagers beat six tigers to death and shot dead another during the period. Food crisis in the Sundarbans forces tigers to enter human habitations as adverse impact of climate change, environment pollution, infiltration of saline water and tidal surges threaten biodiversity of the forest. The tigers could have been saved if forest officials had proper training and tranquillizing equipment. Forest department could easily capture those tigers by using tranquillizer gun and send them back to the Sundarbans. But the matter of regret is that in most cases the forest department could not capture tigers due to lack of tranquillizer guns and skilled manpower. And the villagers killed the tigers in presence of law enforcers. The latest survey finds the number of big cats ranging between 400 and 450 in Sundarbans. Censuses in 35 years till 2009 put it between 350 and 450, while in the last eleven years at least seven tigers were killed by villagers. Now the Royal Bengal Tiger will face extinction if the forest department fails to take long-term conservation programmes. Film personality Kiron Bedi, Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni, cricket star Suresh Raina, Tamil popular actor Suriya, Indian football star Baichung Bhutia are casting as models in an advertisement. This advertisement is mainly prepared for saving Indian tigers ( 'Save Our Tigers'). This campaign is totally financed by an Indian mobile company. Actually, they all roar for saving their tigers, but unfortunately we have no initiative like our next-door country. We have to do something in this respect.
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