With gun-totting tribals, most of them being poachers, living around the Similipal Tiger Reserve busy in the election process to earn the quick buck, it is super serene for the animals. Similipal in Mayurbhanj district goes to poll on June 1. For close to a year, a tug-of-war is going on between poachers and forest and police personnel since two forest personnel were killed by poachers. In a counter move, forest staff and police seized hundreds of country-made guns to root out poaching. For the past two months, there has been a lull in poaching activities and respite for animals and field personnel.
Mayurbhanj
Orissa
India
Peshawar
North-west-frontier
Pakistan
Balochistan
South-waziristan
Federally-administered-tribal-areas
Etawah
Uttar-pradesh
Kanpur