Indian wildlife sanctuary, information data and its condition

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"You didn't anwser my question- Manas has more space than kazi, why doesn't it have more tigers then? Russia has even more space, why does it only have 400 tigers? What drove the siberian tiger to the brink of extinction?"

Once again, you don't know the tiger #'s in Manas, do you?
2ndly, what does that have to do with anything, what point are you trying to make?
Kazi has a shoot on site rule, more guards, more visitors and more tigers.
Hence what the entire articles are about, more tigers = more money. Doesn't mean they have enough space.



Russia has tons of space and it also has massive deforestation. Space doesn't mean cover, just means parcels of land. Amurs also cover far more territory than bengals, they live completely different types of lives in completely different habitats.
They are the perfect example of what deforestation has done to them.

I follow sanctuary asia, I love their page.
Here are a couple of articles about whats going on in India right now with coal mining and deforestation that were posted on Sanctuary asia

"Maharashtra: Tadoba tiger reserve faces coal mine threat"

In what will be seen as a setback for another critical tiger corridor in the country, the environment ministry's forest advisory committee has recommended clearance for the extension of the Durgapur open cast mine, run by Western Coalfields, near the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Chandrapur, Maharashtra.

The Tadoba national park is Maharashtra's oldest and biggest national park. The ministry's decision is significant as, just this May, a study carried out by the Wildlife Conservation Trust revealed that 48 tigers inhabited forests outside of the protected areas in Chandrapur district.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mah...at-2119970


"India: No country for wild tigers? "
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/i...ild-tigers


Both of these are posted at Sanctuary Asias page and show exactly what deforestation, man made roads and financial greed are doing to the jungles and its inhabitants.




"How is this even contesting what I am saying? Where did I claim that habitat destruction wasn't a threat? All I am saying is that poaching is a more immediate one (which your quote above corroborates) while habitat destruction a more long term."
That is where I disagree, I think the more immediate threat is deforestation.
Poaching is a by product of it, not the other way around.
Deforestation is the head of the snake, its what needs to be "chopped off."


"Why were wolves pushed to near extinction in the US? Was it because their habitat was destroyed or because they were hunted incessantly?"
Both, but why do they take to killing livestock, considered pests and hunted that way?
Because they are intruded on, forest are destroyed, prey #s decreased, etc.

You can take any animals #s and say this, but the end of the day, it will always come down to territory.



We both want to protect tigers obviously, I have made my points, you yours.

At least we are passionate about our ideas of protection and that can't be a bad thing.
Regards, Reply