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Published: 29 Jul 2021 06:31 AM BdST
Updated: 29 Jul 2021 06:39 AM BdST The body of the young tiger beaten to death by the locals at Morrelganj in Bagerhat is taken to Mongla Animal Resource Centre on Tuesday. Photo: mehedi hasan
Tigers getting killed by mobs after encounters with humans have dropped significantly in the Sundarban islands, but poachers continue to hunt the endangered species for lucrative offers made by smugglers. );
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The Rapid Action Battalion and the Forest Department arrested a smuggler with the hide of a Royal Bengal Tiger, which was hunted in the Sundarbans, in January. After less than three months, four pieces of tiger bones were seized from two foreign nationals at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
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Published: 29 Jul 2021, 12:41
The forest department has planned to build a safari park on 5,631 acres of land in the lone biodiversity-enriched reserved forest in Lathitila under Goalbari union parishad in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar at an estimated cost of 9.8 billon (980 crore) cost.
Various infrastructure for tourists and heavy infrastructure including power transmission lines and substations will be built at the new safari park with 800,000 to 1 million tourists expected annually, according to the report of the feasibility study on the safari park project.
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Construction of any infrastructure and people’s entry are prohibited in a reserved forest while wildlife roams freely in a safari park where tourists visit with safety measures.
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