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(06-25-2015, 08:07 PM)'sanjay' Wrote: Contributing to the twist, Here is the documentary. Its long and untold story of Indian govt that kept his secret for long.
A sequel from the author of the book “TARA; THE COCKTAIL TIGRESS”,
By Dr. Ram Lakhan Singh
I wrote the book “TARA : THE COCKTAIL TIGRESS “ , more than a decade ago , in order to clarify the issues raised in the media, about the genetic pollution of the Indian Tiger , caused by the release of the zoo-born tigress Tara ,in the Dudhwa National Park and also about the attack on human beings in and around the forests of Dudhwa soon after her release. .It was revealed that the tigress Tara was claimed to be a gift to the Prime Minister of India Mrs. Indira Gandhi from the renowned wildlifer Dr. B. Grizimek of Germany. It was admitted that after Tara’s release in the forests, in all twenty two people got killed and fed upon by the tigress before she was shot dead by me.The Govt. Of India’s statement made in the Parliament in reply to a Question raised by Dr. Vasant kumar Pandit was also quoted to answer the question about the genetic pollution of Dudhwa tigers,“. TARA was brought to India from U.K., by Shri Arjan Singh and raised in his premises called ‘ Tiger Haven’ adjacent to Dudhwa Nnational Park and it is undisputed that it was born of parents which were not of the Indian sub-species Panthera tigris tigris.” .
The need for coming out with the sequel to the book ‘TARA: THE COCKTAIL TIGRESS “ at this juncture when the friends of the Indian Tiger, all over the world, are rejoicing the news of the increased tiger population in the Tiger Reserves of India from 1706 in the year 2010 to 2226 in 2014, has arisen due to the fact that a team of the film-makers from Mumbai came down to Lucknow and informed me that they are planning to make a film, showing the need to repeat of TARA - type experiment for increasing tiger population in the forests of India . The sequel to the book clarifies why such an experiment should not be allowed in the field.
The Govt. Of India’s statement made in the Parliament in reply to a Question raised by Dr. Vasant kumar Pandit was also quoted to answer the question about the genetic pollution of Dudhwa tigers,“. TARA was brought to India from U.K., by Shri Arjan Singh and raised in his premises called ‘ Tiger Haven’ adjacent to Dudhwa National Park and it is undisputed that it was born of parents which were not of the Indian sub-species Panthera tigris tigris.”
Makes total sense, and thats why its the only tiger not to be pure bengal dna in india.
Sad that it was shot, it should of never been released to begin with.
They seem to do this often, not enough research on the cats they intend to release in the wild. Like Sariska where they release a tigress who has never bore cubs and males that are most likely her siblings and who have never been fathers. You would think that such a huge task would be far more researched.
DNA samples of Bengal tigers polluted by genes of the Siberian Tiger
