Sunderbans Tiger Census Report Not Before Rains

"Humans are on the menu of tigers when they work in Sunderbans. While working we have found that one needs to be in a group and be very cautious. Overall, the nature of this mangrove forest makes the entire practice a time consuming matter," said WII's Qamar Qureshi, adding that the work of third phase has only started in September. WII, which is working in Sunderbans for almost three years has completed tiger signs collection, ungulate distribution and mapping of the forest. "We have collected scat information of the big cats, done camera traps and have radio collared a few tigers. Now, we are running the ungulate survey and sign survey of tigers to get the number. DNA sampling too will be done in this phase," said Qureshi. Read the full report here.

Source: Krishnendu Mukherjee, TNN, Kolkata.