The Sundarbans is now on the final list of the new Seven Wonders of the World. But it is a matter of great regret that the Sundarbans is being ruined gradually. The hunters are killing tigers for their skin, teeth, bones and fat and selling those to foreign countries. India and China are the buyers. The tigers are being killed by shooting, trapping or poisoning. The tigers come to the human habitats being provoked by the people; they destroy the village and kill humans.
As per the UNDP survey, in 2006, there were 442 Royal Bengal Tigers in the Sundarbans. Since 2000, tigers have killed more than 193 people, while 29 tigers have been beaten to death and a few others were found dead in the forest, as per the official records of the forest department.
Premiers of ten countries, including the Bangladesh Prime Minister, have attended the International Tiger Conservation Forum in St. Petersburg on November 21. This is the first time that world leaders have come together for saving the tigers. The government should take pragmatic steps to make their habitat secure and thus protect the famous Royal Bengal Tigers; otherwise, we will lose the tigers, and the Sundarbans' reputation, for good.
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