Save our tigers

Mustafa Iqbal Shahadat, Dhaka

Liton Rahman / Driknews

The players of Bangladesh Cricket Team have become known as Tigers all over the world. We become highly delighted whenever our team wins a match, especially against a powerful team. But what about our real tigers? Do we care for them? The lives of the tigers in the Sundarbans are in jeopardy. Various factors are responsible for this. For example, the illegal intruders in the Sundarbans are cutting trees indiscriminately and hunting the wild animals. Moreover, climate change and other manmade problems are making the Sundarbans ecologically imbalanced. As a result, availability of food and hunting ground of tigers are decreasing day by day. So, the govt. has to take immediate initiatives to protect the tigers, otherwise tigers will be extinct very soon in the Sundarbans.