Indian wildlife sanctuary, information data and its condition

[Pckts]

(08-20-2015, 07:09 AM)Shardul Wrote: @Pckts

As usual, you missed the point.

Any area with a healthy carnivore population will have high mortality rates. Mortality rates are high among african lions as well. Doesn't mean they don't have space. If an area can support 100 tigers, it will only have 100, you won't be able to cram 200 inside it.

Also, Indian government doesn't make anything out of tiger tourism, it has to invest far more money in tiger conservation.

My other point was about dispersing tigers needing prey before they manage to find a forest patch they can own. Tigers travel through farmlands and villages in search of territory, they don't make it their permanent home. It might take them months before they can find a suitable habitat, hence its important that they find enough prey to sustain themselves during that time.

Poaching is the biggest threat to tigers currently. They have prey, they have habitat, but what they lack is protection outside the reserves.

I missed no point here,

High mortality rates happen but its no coincidence that the highest density of tigers also has the highest mortality rate.
Space creates escape route and territories for big cats, simple as that.

The indian gov't makes millions and millions from big cat/safari tourism.

" Then, the Indian government decided to ban tourists from the central parts of more than 40 tiger reserves in response to allegations that some Indian states had permitted the construction of hotels and shops inside the reserves.
Conservationists feared that removing tourists from parks would leave the animals more at risk of poaching and their environment more at risk from loggers.
“Today, as these figures conclusively prove, this industry is providing the invaluable economic imperative, the myriad of local jobs, and the millions of passionate advocates for the parks that still harbour the greatest densities of tigers in India,” he said.
Nature tourism is a fast-growing industry, Mr Matthews contends, with wild heritage tours increasing by up to 25 per cent each year in parts of India, with more than 3 million people a year taking part. He added that a study conducted by the charity in 2010 showed that a single tiger in a well-visited reserve is now worth an estimated $750,000 per year in tourism revenues. "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destin...urism.html

"These “over-loved” parks have the best habitats and the highest tiger densities. Corbett, the most visited park, still has the highest number of tigers in India (according to the NTCA’s 2008 census). Bandavgarh has the heaviest densities of tigers in its main tourism zone, with five breeding females and 14 cubs, and it receives 45,000 visitors a year. "

"Travel Operators for Tigers (TOFT) estimated that one Ranthambhore tigress generated some $130 million (£90m) in direct tourism revenue in the 10 years of her adult life. Take this away, and the forests will again have no economic value to those living nearby or to local politicians – and they will be sacrificed to farming, mining, industry or logging, as is happening in most unloved forests. "

"Tourism makes forest personnel highly accountable and generates millions of dollars for conservation. Tiger tourism has the best anti-poaching units, operating vehicles with keen guides eight hours a day. On the borders of parks, tourism offers alternative livelihoods to hundreds, who might now resort to marginal farming, illegal logging, poaching and cattle grazing. "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/safari...e-for.html




Poaching is absolutely not even close to the biggest threat to tigers in the wild.
Deforestation is so far past it as a threat, its not even close.

Poaching is simply a bi product from logging and deforestation, human encroachment etc.
No forest, no were to hide, easier to track etc.
"With 700,000- 850,000 hectares being destroyed each year, thousands of different species are becoming increasingly threatened. The Sumatran tiger, a critically endangered species, is just one animal feeling the heat from a loss of habitat and all of the negative effects that come with it. When rainforests are cleared, it becomes increasingly easier for poachers to track and kill tigers, which are considered prized trophies for any hunters."
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsand...indonesia/

http://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/deforestation


Threats to Tigers
As climate change continues to warm the planet, tigers are feeling the heat. As we see ocean levels rise, tigers are losing habitat due to costal erosion in areas like India's Sundarban islands. As rising sea levels claim more habitat and sea water moves up river, naturally fresh water is becoming more saline, or more highly concentrated with salt. These factors are forcing the tigers to move northward towards areas more heavily populated by humans and increasing the likelihood of animal/human conflicts.
Tigers are also facing many other threats. They are illegally killed or poached because their pelts are valuable in the black market trade, their body parts are used in traditional Asian medicines and they are seen as threats to human communities. There is also large scale habitat loss due to human population growth and expansion. Human encroachment into tiger habitat also decreases prey animals.
Reasons for Hope
Despite losing around 93% of their historical habitat and dwindling numbers, a recent study shows that tigers in the India sub-continent retain much of their genetic viability. These genes are critically important to the recovery and survival of tigers and this is giving the Indian government even more incentive to preserve this magnificent animal.

http://www.defenders.org/tiger/threats


Tigers already live on top of human beings. There isn't a camera trap you can post where you don't see humans in the same area that you see tigers, or at least not most I have seen.
Its amazing how forced out they are and its not getting better but worse.

So don't say that I have "missed the point, as usual" when I have absolutely shown the proof of everything that is being discussed. Only one person here is "missing the point" and its certainly not me. Reply