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03-17-2015, 08:39 PM( This post was last modified: 03-17-2015, 08:41 PM by GuateGojira )
There is no evidence that tigers are been "affected" in they "mental" state by radiocollars.
The case of Gabbar could be caused by many other factors like age or health, something that has been completely ignored here. There is plenty of evidence in Nepal, Nagarahole and Panna, that radiocollared tigers kept a normal life, reproduce perfectly and hunt without any problem. The case of Gabbar MOST be studied instead of just blaming the radiocollar or the method itself.
I have say it many times, the method of radiocollar is one of the most powerful tools to understand cryptic species like the tiger and has provided over 70% or more of modern knowledge about tiger biology, ecology and sociability. Like has been show, camera traps are unable to show all this aspects as they show only one small glimpse about the tiger life, but never show the context of the situation about what happened in that moment. Only long therm monitoring can do this, and then is where radiocollars are useful.
You most see the full panorama, if you want to "blame" someone, blame the people that misuse the method, not the method itself, which has been the best tool to know and understand tigers.