Jaipur: Big cats at Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR) were exposed to murder of murder and revenge because the radio collar did not work.
At present, the radio collar in all five adult tigers – ST-10, ST-13, ST-2, ST-3 and ST-9 – do not operate.
The State Forestry Department will take problems during the meeting on the topic, ‘Mider’s review about the current status of Sarsika Tiger Reserve Post Tiger Reintroduction, Tiger Translocation and Radio Collaring Strategy in Rajasthan State’ Scheduled in 3.
February Wardlife Warden (Rajasthan) Arindam Tomar said, “The discussion will be held with scientists of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the Wildlife Institute of India (Wii).
After the meeting, the decision will be taken to replace or remove the collar.” ST Str, which is spread in 800 SQKM, is home to 25 tigers including 11 women, nine men and five children.
The source said without a functioning collar, it was difficult to monitor the movement of tigers in Sariska, which had many narrow valleys and sharp and high backs.
In addition, constant vigil is very important because big cats have areas near the village, which are famous for dropping and hunting.
A source said, “The trail of the St-13 men’s tiger has not been found for the last 10 days after recent rainfall.
The tiger collar is dead.
Monitoring is easier if the collar works.
In 2018, the Tigress ST-5 fell to the victim to The hunt right after the collar stopped working.
“Environmental lovers urge NTCA and the Ministry of Forestry to immediately receive calls on the radio collar because of this gadget weighing between 1.4kg and 2kg hung around the tiger neck for years.
DINESH VERMA DURANI, Founder and Secretary General of Sariska Tiger Foundation said, “Some collars have not worked for the past few years.
For example, the Collar Tigress ST-2 has died since 2011.
Gadgets must be replaced or removed..” Following the 2018 Perbu Hunting, Standing Committee The State Agency for Wildlife (SBWL) which is directed at replacing an outdated handheld antenna collar system with a VHF collar made possible by GPS.
A project to replace the collar began in 2018 which helped ST-9, ST-10 and ST-3 to get new ones.
A source said, “Overall, eight collars from Ranthambore were accepted for effective monitoring on STR.
Radio collar ST-9, ST-10 and ST-3 were replaced.
This collar also stopped functioning because the life of this gadget is around 2 years.”
Dead collar exposes 5 tigers sariska to hunt
