An ANI report had this to say about her:
Wildlife activist Shehla Masood has said that tiger poaching is on a rise in Madhya Pradesh due to the involvement of certain top bureaucrats. Addressing a press conference, Masood said, "The influential people have easy access to tiger reserves and restricted areas."
On 19 May, 2010, a ten-year-old tigress was reportedly killed after a vehicle in the Tala Forest range of the Bandhavgarh Wildlife Sanctuary hit it. However, the official version was that a vehicle chartered by some tourists had knocked down the tiger. Taking serious note of this incident, former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh had asked Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan to personally supervise the investigation into the death of this tiger when access to the reserve was restricted.
At the time, Masood voiced her opinion that the facts were being tampered with because of the suspected involvement of big names. She said, "There have been no forensic reports till yet. What is the reason? There were almost 18 vehicles being confiscated, but they have been let off. What for? Just because those vehicles were owned by big politicians, big bureaucrats' sons, the power brokers of our country. These are the people who are running resorts in and around the tiger reserves."
Discussing funds given for conservation in the Panna Tiger Reserve, she said, "They were given from 2004 to 2009, 2000 crore rupees, which is not a joke. And the report, which is yet not tabled, it says there are no Panna tigers since 2006. My dear friends, where is that money?"
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Read more about Masood's death here http://www.thenews24x7.com/nation/north/10834-rti-activist-anna-supporter-shehla-masood-shot-dead-in-bhopal#.TkocNieWdNI.facebook
