Story/place-Rajasthan.
Fri, 19 Nov 2010
A day after a relocated tiger died in Sariska in Rajasthan, Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday admitted to “governance and administration failure”, but defended the tiger revival plan saying it was not wrong.
“I take responsibility for the death of the tiger in the Sariska sanctuary. I admit that there has been governance and administration failure. Those were the reasons for the unfortunate death of the big cat,” Ramesh said here.
The death of the tiger, the first to be moved to Sariska park two years ago as part of the translocation process, has come as a setback to the government’s species revival plan. Since 2008, five tigers have been relocated to Sariska, of which one is now dead probably due to territorial fight with another predator in the park, which had all its native species to poachers during 2005-06.
Ramesh said it was too early to predict the real cause for the tiger’s death. “National Tiger Conservation Authority head, Rajesh Gopal is at the spot to assess the reasons for the death and will soon submit the post-mortem report to the ministry.”
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