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Vijayarajan Muthu writes

"1 more Tiger down.

Quote : “A suspected Man-eater Tiger was shot dead by sharp shooters of the Forest personnel (30 – 33 rounds fired with AK-47 assault rifles) in Chandrapur district last evening. Of the seven victims, who had ventured deep into the forests, the shot tiger is SUSPECTED to have had claimed 4-5”. Unquote.

Is the Tiger supposed to provide a peaceful sighting to those who venture out on foot, deep into the forests ???

Quote : “Surprisingly, the forest officials are themselves not sure whether the shot tiger had killed all the seven villagers. This is against the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) protocol which directs to first identify the problem animal”. Earlier, in the morning, BJP MLA from Ballarshah, Sudhir Mungantiwar marched to the CCF's office with his supporters, demanding that the tiger be shot”. Unquote.

Does the fact that the local Maharashtra Assembly Elections are around the corner, ring any bells? Looks like anything goes for retaining vote banks here in India, where Tigers are doomed already.— with Sarita Subramaniam, Ravi Asrani, PV Subramaniam, Ânjani Kumar, Vijayagovindarajan Deenadayalan, Raj "


Same story as the other two I posted, looks to be a nice solid tiger. What a shame
 

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