Save our Tigers there are only 1411 left. A heart rending message. Can we think of a leadership initiative to Build the Tigers ?
Several action agendas need be taken up. Here is the beginning with 5 suggestions.
1. Help GoI to carry out their proposed plan by ---
a. Ask them to put their plan on their website and this group can circulate the site URL to all likedin members.
b. Keep a watch on how slow or fast they are able to get funds and all clearances from Min. of Finance.
b. Monitor their progress and publish on this group site.
c. Share these efforts with the greenpeace group.
2. Look at the map of India. There are pockets of tiger population. They are not joined, so lone tigers cannot mate ad breed.
Create Pressure group with GoI so as to build forest corridors for tigers.
3. The national Park at Bhubaneshwar named Nandankanan breeds a variety of animals like white lion, cheetah, ghariyal. Fund raising can be done so that they take up a vigorous program for tigers.
4. Facilitate or build pressure for joint meetings of officers of Forest and of Animal Husbandry. Presently there is no team work, though joint committees are there.
5. Often tigers or cubs enter human population, and are killed. One Dr. Sanjay Gaikwad of Nashik, (Maharashtra) has prepared an excellent presentation on this subject. Can his show-cum-presentation be arranged for public sensitivity?
AND MANY MORE TO FOLLOW FOR THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS.
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comments that prompted me
Santosh Nair Strategic and Business Oriented I&C ProfessionalI love this thought... because my 5-yr old loves the tigers and he wants to save the tiger from being extinct. He believes that by saving electricity and water, he can save the earth and thus save the tiger...
But seriously - if something can be done about this I'm pretty sure he'll be excited about it and so will I be (to support him).
So, is there a way? How can we all contribute to it?
Siddharth Shah shahsiddharth2000@gmail.com
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As far as tiger fur is concerned, govt. should start sponsoring programs for international investors in tiger conservation. Any individual/ corporate can sponsor a tiger in jungle or zoo, against which they can get exclusive photograph/ video copyrights during the lifetime, get continuous updates in form of video/ census/ health information from the forest/zoo officials regarding the animal.
The money thus collected can be used in funding the protection agencies, tagging, rehabilitating the populations that encroach the jungles, better medical facilities, census etc.
And when they die claim their fur and body/ parts for disposal or decorative purpose which carry authorized seals, branding, certifications on them to avoid counterfeiting.
Considering high prices that people pay for a dead animal, it would be worth while to legally charge them for a live animal, which can help tiger lead a complete life.
The ornamental value of tiger skin is very high, and in high social circles its possession must be commanding a lot of snob value, a certified/ branded tiger fur will command pride while a poached poor animals skin will be quiet an insult for the possessor in these societies.
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