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"Tons" of failed radiocollar deaths, Pckts???? That is gross exaggeration. The few news reports that you post only mention the death of few animals but never mention the entire sample used in the studies. It is OBVIOUS that these reports only try to create havoc, while they hide the true results of the studies and the fact that normally over 80% of the sampled animals are alive and well. Accidents happens - yes, bad methods produced bad studies - yes, but nothing is perfect here, and I have saw also enough videos of photographers and tourist disturbing tigers in the wild for the sake of a good picture, to say that this attacks against scientists is a huge hypocrite attitude.

Apollo, I am very disappointing from your point of view. You have been also convinced by the photographers and "naturalists" with no more education than that of the use of a camera or the basic knowledge of an animal. This people is against the collars, not for the sake of the tigers, but because they look "ugly" in the pictures. They hypocrite statements are based in "feelings" and not in facts.

You have decided to believe in the reports of death tigers by the collars and to ignore the other reports that state that those tiger don't died for that.

Other thing, READ my words, I say "Every process can be safe", not that "IS safe". Before to comment, read the correct words. In this case, the snares are out of question, specially by the fact the the entire discussion is focused in the tigers captured in India-Nepal-Bangladesh, not in Russia. Peter is the only one that have touched this point, I have focused in the Indian subcontinent, and I have stated several times, that the method to capture tigers is more safe than that of Russia, but apparently both of you also choose to "forget" this.

This attitude against the scientific methods, and the support of the opinions of the photographers, only because we want people in the forum, is a hit to the very soul of this place. Since when Science most give place to the "feelings" of any person with no professional base??? This is disturbing, as I clearly see personal interests here. I simple don't care what the photographers think, I put the truth, but now you are practically saying that all those "old" process were evil and useless. I clearly stated that the method is good, the problem is the people that use it, however your answer was the snares???

If you really think what you are saying, I invite you to drop all your scientific books and base your ideas only in the internet, this will be not the first time that I saw this. What a shame and an waste of time. I am full of indignation by how the opinion of experts is dismissed so easily, just to get more people in the forum. [img]images/smilies/angry.gif[/img]
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