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 Patna, (Bihar Times): While the population of tigers in
the country as got reduced from 4,400 five years back
to 1,400 late in 2005 the figure of the state has come
down from 56 to 23 in the same period.
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According to reports as many as 33 tigers have gone
missing from Valmiki Tiger Reserve, the only tiger
reserve in the state, in just four years.
Since poaching is thriving in the India-Nepal border
area it is difficult to keep track on the activities
of the poachers. The CAG report, which came out last
year, could not say as to how the number has gone down
so much.
Though the Valmiki forest is guarded round the clock
yet the recovery of tiger and deer skin by the Sashtra
Suraksha Bal jawans say some other story.
A poacher, who wished not to be quoted, explained to a
television channel reporter recently as to how the
tigers are trapped in the net and than beaten to death
by stones and iron rod.
The government machinery has failed to come up to
tackle the challenge posed by the poachers. The
government officials concede that it is difficult to
keep a watch on their movements as the region falls
close to the international border.
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