Story/place-Jaipur
Sunny Sebastian-February 6
The Rajasthan Tourism Minister's new love for photography saved a family of tigers in Ranthambhore National Park this week. The observant Minister, who spotted blood in the hind portion of a tigress in the photographs she took during a visit to the park, got the animal operated upon for cleaning a wound infested with maggots. The Minister, Bina Kak, is now being lauded by the conservation community not for saving one tiger but a whole family of three.
The family of T-5, referred to as “Kachida female” in the tiger conservation circles, was saved as Ms. Kak, after watching the tigress in the Ranthambhore woods this past Wednesday, felt something was amiss with the animal. “In the photographs and the video I noticed a red patch on the rump of the tigress. After seeing the pictures I went back to the spot where it was squatting and found blood stains on the ground,” said Ms. Kak, who was Forest Minister in the previous Gehlot government here,
The Minister summoned Divisional Forest Officer R.P. Gupta and explained the situation. The services of two veterinarians — one from Jaipur and the other from Sawai Madhopur — was requisitioned for an early operation. “I spoke to the PCCF and briefed him on the urgency. It was a sensitive issue and the officers understandably were scared about tranquillising the tigress and carrying out an operation,” Ms. Kak said.
The Minister, who was to start for Jaipur at 6 a.m. on Thursday, stayed back to oversee the operation as the vets, Rajiv Garg and Arvind Mathur, tranquillised the tigress with darts and carried out the “clean-up” job in 20 minutes. “There were hundreds of maggots in the wound and the animal would have died eventually if the clinical intervention was not carried out,” Ms. Kak said.
The tigress got up and walked away four hours after the operation near the Anantpur chowki in Berda. “I was told that she finished a portion of her kill the next day and is now normal,” said a jubilant Ms. Kak.
“It was surely a laudable act in many ways. The Minister deserves kudos for her initiative while the team of vets has proved that now Rajasthan medics have the capacity to do such operations,” said Rajasthan Board for Wildlife member Rajpal Singh.
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Ramesh letter sparks off protest in Uttarakhand
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2011
Story/place-Uttarakhand.
It is Environment minister Jairam Ramesh versus Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal over killing of a tiger, claimed to be man-eater, near Corbett tiger reserve. Ramesh on Tuesday asked the state government to impose section 144 of Code for Criminal Procedure (prevents gathering of more than four people) where tiger attacks a person to ensure safe capture of animal. On Wednesday, the locals decided to stage a demonstration against Ramesh, assisted by local BJP leaders, against the suggestion.
“How can we prevent people from gathering at a site where a tiger attacks a villager,” said a state government functionary. And, added that tiger conservation cannot be done sitting in the air-conditioned offices in Delhi.
Pokhriyal has so far not agreed to Ramesh’s suggestion of a joint inspection of Corbett and nearby areas. According to officials, many of the suggestions made by the union minister were not implementable.
Another twist in the controversy has emerged as instead of relocating the Sunderkhal village from the buffer zone of the Corbett as suggested by Ramesh, the state forest department, headed by CM, has demanded a study to examine presence of four to five tigers near the village.
“It is an unusual behaviour,” said Anil Baluni, vice-chairperson of State Forest and Environment Advisory Board, who claimed that they four to five tigers have been caught on camera near the village.
Tiger being a territorial animal has an area of about 10 sq kms and another tiger can enter the area only after killing the present there. “We want National Tiger Conservation Authority’s suggestion on how to deal with this situation,” Baluni said.
Jairam Ramesh has asked the state government to immediately send a proposal for seeking 100 % assistance to relocate Sunderkhal village, which is there since 1974. At least five persons of this village, in buffer zone of the reserve, were mauled to death by a tiger, killed last week, in a month’s time.
Coming down strongly on the state government for brutally killing the tiger, Ramesh has suggested that two units of rapid response units should be set up to capture the animal to avoid lethal encounters.
To overcome the problem of increasing tiger population in Corbett and reduce man-animal conflict, Ramesh has suggested that parts of Lansdowne, West Terai and Ramnagar divisions should be declared as buffer of Corbett. He also wants the state government to monitor movement of tigers and killing cattle by them to avoid conflict.
The minister has also said that the state government should appoint Brijendra Singh, as honorary wildlife warden for Corbett for appropriate guidance. Singh in the recent past had been critical of officials at Corbett on management of the reserve.
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Story/place-Uttarakhand.
It is Environment minister Jairam Ramesh versus Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal over killing of a tiger, claimed to be man-eater, near Corbett tiger reserve. Ramesh on Tuesday asked the state government to impose section 144 of Code for Criminal Procedure (prevents gathering of more than four people) where tiger attacks a person to ensure safe capture of animal. On Wednesday, the locals decided to stage a demonstration against Ramesh, assisted by local BJP leaders, against the suggestion.
“How can we prevent people from gathering at a site where a tiger attacks a villager,” said a state government functionary. And, added that tiger conservation cannot be done sitting in the air-conditioned offices in Delhi.
Pokhriyal has so far not agreed to Ramesh’s suggestion of a joint inspection of Corbett and nearby areas. According to officials, many of the suggestions made by the union minister were not implementable.
Another twist in the controversy has emerged as instead of relocating the Sunderkhal village from the buffer zone of the Corbett as suggested by Ramesh, the state forest department, headed by CM, has demanded a study to examine presence of four to five tigers near the village.
“It is an unusual behaviour,” said Anil Baluni, vice-chairperson of State Forest and Environment Advisory Board, who claimed that they four to five tigers have been caught on camera near the village.
Tiger being a territorial animal has an area of about 10 sq kms and another tiger can enter the area only after killing the present there. “We want National Tiger Conservation Authority’s suggestion on how to deal with this situation,” Baluni said.
Jairam Ramesh has asked the state government to immediately send a proposal for seeking 100 % assistance to relocate Sunderkhal village, which is there since 1974. At least five persons of this village, in buffer zone of the reserve, were mauled to death by a tiger, killed last week, in a month’s time.
Coming down strongly on the state government for brutally killing the tiger, Ramesh has suggested that two units of rapid response units should be set up to capture the animal to avoid lethal encounters.
To overcome the problem of increasing tiger population in Corbett and reduce man-animal conflict, Ramesh has suggested that parts of Lansdowne, West Terai and Ramnagar divisions should be declared as buffer of Corbett. He also wants the state government to monitor movement of tigers and killing cattle by them to avoid conflict.
The minister has also said that the state government should appoint Brijendra Singh, as honorary wildlife warden for Corbett for appropriate guidance. Singh in the recent past had been critical of officials at Corbett on management of the reserve.
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Frightened deer dies after rescue
Story/place-Bhubanewar.
TNN, Jan 29, 2011, 12.10am IST
BHUBANESWAR: A spotted deer that strayed into the city died a few minutes after forest officials rescued and released it into the wild here on Friday.
Forest and wildlife department officers used a net to trap the male spotted deer, which had entered the Water Recourse Station premises near Rail Vihar in Chandrasekharpur.
"The animal could not be tranquilized and was captured with a net," said range officer (wildlife) P B Nanda. "The deer was already in a state of shock after stray dogs chased it. We relocated it into Chandaka wildlife sanctuary but it died after a few minutes," he added.
The post mortem report revealed that the animal died due to severe internal bleeding and injuries on its ribs and lungs. "Three rib bones were fractured penetrating the lungs, causing severe thoracic bleeding leading to death. The animal was very scared after being chased by people and stray dogs," said head, veterinary pathology department, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, S K Panda.
Official sources said the deer might have come from Bharatpur reserve forest area, which is part of Chandaka wildlife sanctuary, adjoining the city limits. "This is not an isolated incident of deer entering human habitation. A few days ago, we rescued two spotted deer from villages near the sanctuary area," Nanda said.
The forest department has decided to launch a massive awareness campaign in the wake of repeated incidents of wild animals entering human habitats and getting killed or injured. "Since the sanctuary is close to the city we want to create awareness among the public about proper handling of wild animals. Such programmes were earlier conducted inside the sanctuary area. Now, we want to sensitize city people," said city divisional forest officer Jayanta Dash.
On January 13, some people in Gandarpur on the city outskirts beat a leopard to death after it had strayed close to their village.
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TNN, Jan 29, 2011, 12.10am IST
BHUBANESWAR: A spotted deer that strayed into the city died a few minutes after forest officials rescued and released it into the wild here on Friday.
Forest and wildlife department officers used a net to trap the male spotted deer, which had entered the Water Recourse Station premises near Rail Vihar in Chandrasekharpur.
"The animal could not be tranquilized and was captured with a net," said range officer (wildlife) P B Nanda. "The deer was already in a state of shock after stray dogs chased it. We relocated it into Chandaka wildlife sanctuary but it died after a few minutes," he added.
The post mortem report revealed that the animal died due to severe internal bleeding and injuries on its ribs and lungs. "Three rib bones were fractured penetrating the lungs, causing severe thoracic bleeding leading to death. The animal was very scared after being chased by people and stray dogs," said head, veterinary pathology department, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, S K Panda.
Official sources said the deer might have come from Bharatpur reserve forest area, which is part of Chandaka wildlife sanctuary, adjoining the city limits. "This is not an isolated incident of deer entering human habitation. A few days ago, we rescued two spotted deer from villages near the sanctuary area," Nanda said.
The forest department has decided to launch a massive awareness campaign in the wake of repeated incidents of wild animals entering human habitats and getting killed or injured. "Since the sanctuary is close to the city we want to create awareness among the public about proper handling of wild animals. Such programmes were earlier conducted inside the sanctuary area. Now, we want to sensitize city people," said city divisional forest officer Jayanta Dash.
On January 13, some people in Gandarpur on the city outskirts beat a leopard to death after it had strayed close to their village.
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