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09-22-2014, 03:29 AM( This post was last modified: 09-22-2014, 03:32 AM by GuateGojira )
That's be paranoid. It just TWO cases in several (OVER 80 CASES) of successful radiocollared tigers. [img]images/smilies/dodgy.gif[/img]
In fact, we don't know how the tigers get those wounds, they just blame the radiocollars, but they don't show the wide background. They could be wounds of intraespecific conflicts, or even a bite of an insect that the animal could not clean...
Camera traps only shows tiger and prey density, that serves for Conservation of course, but are useless if you want to know the life, single behavior, ecology, intraspecific behaviour and morphology of tigers. People like Dr Sunquist, Dr Karanth and Dr Chundawatt agree with this. Even when Dr Karanth invented the camera trap method, he agree that where the radiocollar studies which bring over 70% of the knowledge of the life of the tiger. Yes, direct observations like those of Valmik Thapar are also reliable, but it takes over three times the time, and by that time, tiger will die in other parts, do to ignorance in its behavior and ecological needs.
Eyes on or hands on? A discussion of human interference
