Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

[Roflcopters]

(09-21-2022, 01:37 AM)GreenForest Wrote: @Roflcopters  It is fine if contact information of the source is not revealed. But, as a bare minimum, one would expect name of the source and qualification. I always post the name of the source, their qualification from my email communication so that if others want to contact, they are free to do so. One will only get suspicion if even name of the source is not revealed. Recently T28's weight was posted, there was no source. T24's weight was posted, there was no source. Not many will trust these type of source-less data. Our goal has to be quality data, verifiable, proven, transparent. If it is difficult to get data, then we will wait until data is peer reviewed and published. That is better than source-less data in my opinion.

fair enough, i can’t argue with that. you have a valid point. 


@Pckts 

T20/Jhumroo a day prior to capture was seen feeding on a cattle kill so the weight of 280kg is with stomach content.

here is the extract of the events below.

T20 aka Jhumroo a 11 year old male tiger was finally tranquilized and later released deep inside the protected area. As per eye witness Jhumroo, who is otherwise very shy in  nature was probably enjoying his meal of cattle when a villager got too close to his comfort and was attacked. As  news started spreading & place was full of tamasha viewers, one  more man got entangled in the bushes and fell, he was also attacked  by  tiger leaving him with multiple injuries to nurse. By this time more villagers had gathered at the spot, approximately 700 in number making the rescue operation more difficult.
Jhumoroo being shifted

Before things could turn ugly, forest department under leadership of DCF (Core) Mr. Y.K Sahu  along with one forest guard Rajveer & tourism driver Raees Bhai  swiftly tranquilized the tiger and moved him away to safety of protected area. Mr. Sahu lead his team from front-reached the spot himself  & directed the entire operation, he was infact first to walk towards  tiger post darting to ensure that this gentle beast was sedated properly . Sensing mood of crowd, he also moved the tiger immediately from spot to avoid any undesired incident. Since the department personnel were clearly outnumbered & crowd had  already man handled the local SDM & some police officials during the operation, this surely was a wise move.

The tiger has been sighted by forest department today afternoon in the area he was released yesterday & seems to be doing fine. During monsoon time village cattle starts flocking the forest for grazing, as the natural prey base shift to higher places these animals become an easy catch for big cats. The search for easy prey had probably taken this 280 kg giant to forest periphery on the eastern side of Park boundary.

This situation might worsen in coming months as more people would enter park during monsoon apprx 2000 per day for various reasons like fodder, food, grazing etc.

Bagh Bachao needs to work at grass root level as it is a classic case of struggle between ‘The Haves’ & ‘Have Not’s.The Have’s have all the luxuries in live & wish to ‘save the tiger’ having wiped out forests and wild animals from their vicinity. This set of people also decide on policy matters which directly impact the ‘have not’ population on ground.
Have not’s on the other hand are custodians of rich flora & fauna of India, live a very meager life deprived of even basic amenities & are expected to move out of places they have lived for generations, accept meager sums of money for loss of cattle and life. Why would they & why should they ???

Hoping we would have a solution to this very complex issue some day before i hang up.
Before i get tempted to join the band wagon of conservationists & start giving any kind of gyan which is not the motto of this blog, i terminate this blog post with a satisfaction in heart that my favorite tiger is safe & back in wilderness. Reply