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‘Increasing sightings in estates indicate they are trying to occupy new territory’
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A recent analysis of tiger population in Nagarahole found that the national park had 125 tigers and the density was 11.82 tigers per 100 sq km.
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SRIRAM MA
‘Increasing sightings in estates indicate they are trying to occupy new territory’
Following the two human deaths due to tiger attacks within a span of 12 hours in Kodagu last weekend, questions are being asked on whether the forests have reached their ecological carrying capacity and should tigers be translocated.
While Kodagu is known to be an epicentre of human-elephant conflict, there is an increase in frequency with which tigers are straying into villages in recent years. In the last year alone, three human deaths have taken place due to tiger attacks in villages bordering Nagarahole.
human/tiger conflict, human/wildlife conflict is inescapable. it is going be a huge problem for us in the future. we re having the same conflict with tigers, leopards, with bears, with elephants. when narendra modi took over as prime minister, he disappointed many conservationists by approving projects that would cut into the forest, but they re pleased they kept this guy, trenvassa reddy. have you ever seen a tiger in the wild? many times. what s it like? tell me. i came a long way, but i have yet to experience it. let me live vicariously through you. what s it like? it s very thrilling seeing a tiger in the wild. it s very thrilling. and whenever i see this tiger i was more motivated to protect
hundreds of brown men with rack ets and torches, then everybody in the jungle suffers. the reason the beasts give themselves is that man is the weakest and the most defenseless of all living things and it s unsportsmanlike to touch him. though rudyard kipling never came here, pictures of this very forest inspired the jungle book and if they saw it today mowgli s man village would have power lines and mind-blowing machines that connect them to every other man-village in the world. when it comes to man-hating, the law of the jungle might need some revision. i think the indian population going way beyond our sustainable limits is a problem. reporter: this man runs wildlife s.o.s., a born free partner, which rescues everything from dancing bears to abused elephants to conflict tigers. human/tiger conflict,