More tigers than reserves can handle, say experts ... Senior tiger biologist at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) Qamar Qureshi, said the current tiger census — the results of which would be unveiled in December — was expected to reveal an increase in number of tigers more than the carrying capacity of tiger reserves. “The tiger population in well-established tiger reserves of the country has exceeded their optimum carrying capacity, posing a new challenge of dealing with their dispersal as they move more than 200 km from the place of their birth,” Qureshi said. Qureshi said there was an urgent need to try innovative schemes to involve people and development agencies. “A mechanism to deal with man-animal conflict and over-abundance of tigers in some landscapes is required,” he said. Dr YV Jhala, another tiger expert at the WII, expressed similar views and sought immediate efforts towards ensuring legal status to forest corridors that provide much-needed connectivity to the tiger population, thus facilitating their proper dispersal. “With the number of tigers rising in the country, the striped cat could face the challenge of man-animal conflict in future if prompt efforts are not taken to give legal status to forest corridors,” he said.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:15:38 +0000
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