Nagpur: With 94 tigers and 310 deadly leopards in the past six months, the alarm is being raised in a number increase.
During the same period last year, 56 tiger deaths were recorded in accordance with data recorded by the official website of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
Review of a half-year data compiled by Indian Wildlife Protection (WPSI), an NGO that works to fight wildlife trade and law enforcement, shows an increase in surprising death due to overall tiger deaths in 2020 while Leopard 653.
“With six months still Must go, the number of deaths further rises, “said Nitin Desai, Director of Central India WPSI.
The figure of 94 deaths in the past six months was quite high.
However, the official website NTCA has set a number at 68.
“This must be because the website has not been updated since April 12, 2021,” said an NTCA official.
There have been several tigers and leopards since then.
On June 19, three tiger deaths were reported at Assam, Karnataka, and MP, but this death did not reflect the NTCA website.
Of the 94 tiger deaths from 1 January to 30 June 2021, around 40 were found dead, 25 cases of hunting, 19 died in a territorial battle, 6 killed in an accident on the road, 2 died during rescue or treatment, and 1 was shot dead and 1 was killed in battle with other animals.
Again, Madhya Pradesh with 26 tiger deaths topped the charts in the country followed by Maharashtra (25).
Karnataka recorded 11 deaths, Uttar Pradesh (9) and Uttarakhand (8).
These are the top five states that report most of the tiger deaths.
Maharashtra forest officials claim 23 tigers have died in the past six months.
However, WPSI data also included cases of wildlife crime which recently broke out where Tiger’s body part was confiscated from several accused in the Chandrapur district.
Likewise, 310 leopards have been reported in the past six months.
Maharashtra sustained a graph in the country with 95 leopard deaths, with 50% of them dying in an accident on the road.
MP was the second highest with 41 deaths, followed by Uttarakhand (38), Rajasthan (24), and Jammu & Kashmir (20).
Of the 310 deaths of leopards, 102 are cases of hunting, found dead 95, hits 47, killed by villagers 22, accommodating 25, shot dead 5, electric shock 2, killed by other animals, rescue operations, “should be categorical categories ‘Found Dead’, which number of high deaths.
The reason for death has not been mentioned because these cases may be delayed for forensic tests and investigations.
“” Many conclusions can be taken from data.
Death because the dispute means tiger crying for space.
Many deaths In hit the road shows that the road widened near the wooded area without taking mitigation measures.
We must create space for large cats by reducing human intrusion in their land, “said Wildlife Conservationist Prafulla Bhamburkar.
DEATH DANCE 2020: 58 Tigers 2021: 94 Tigers Tigers MP: 26 Maharashtra: 25 Karnataka 11 Uttar Pradesh: 9 Uttarakhand: 8 Leopard Maharashtra: 95 Madhya Pradesh: 41 Uttarakhand: 38 Rajasthan: 20 J & K: 20