Only 1-3 tigers left in Panna: admits Govt.
official!
..........As 15 tiger reserves across the country were put on
critical
alert to chack poaching wildlife scientist said only" one to three" tigers were left in the central Indian reserve of Panna.
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........... the Wild life Institute of India( WII) which is conducting a tiger survay at Panaa following fears of drastic decline in the popultion , has been able to catch only one animal on 50 cameras in over month's time, government sources, who were not willing to be named... said.
................On December 19, HT had reported that there was only one tiger ( panthera tigris tigris) left in Panna.Indias 14th largest tiger reserve; the
official number was eight. In 2002 , there were 22 tigers in Panna, which is situated in the Vindhyan Range and is spread over 560 sq km.in Panna and chhatarpuistrr districts.
.............. 'there may be one to three tigers left in Panna'....Dr. .V.B. Mathur, dean, WII said on January 23 at a meeting of a committee on the relocation of four tigresses to Panna from Bandhavgarh , another tiger reserve in MP.... to sustain the existing population.
.....On wednesday, the National Tiger Conservation Authority had issued a
critical alert notice to 15 tiger reserves..... This is the very fact of our Great India.