There are some smart and innovative ways for Indians to protect themselves from being eaten by tigers in the Sundarbans, which is a sprawling 10,000 square kilometre delta and mangrove swamp at the mouth of the rivers Ganges and Brahmaptura … Continue reading →
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just jump on a train and go to see a real Bengal tiger in the wild? That is what Rudolph Furtado (RF) can do. He lives in Mumbai, India, which is on the … Continue reading →
The Bengal tiger is more vulnerable to extinction than previously thought due to a catastrophic decline in genetic diversity since the days of the British Raj when the tiger was hunted for pleasure. Since then it has dawned on people … Continue reading →
Bengal tiger reserves are mapped on this page and critically, but I hope fairly, discussed. There are quite a good number of reserves in India and all the tigers are in them (or are they? – as at 2002 60+% … Continue reading →
by Michael Overbearing tourism at Corbett Tiger Reserve – Photo by PRERNA SINGH BINDR (see link below) Uncontrolled tourism and attendant construction of accommodation and tourist activity centres (unrelated to seeing tigers) will gradually turn the most successful Bengal tiger … Continue reading →
by Michael Photo by jatin81 (Flickr) I recommend the best tiger reserves. I have made a selection based on sensible criteria. The first requirement is to go to a reserve where you have the greatest possibility of seeing a tiger … Continue reading →
Bengal tiger Bandhavgarh National Park – Photo by Koshy Koshy (Flickr) The Indian authorities have responsibility for saving the Bengal tiger. It is in their hands as it has been for decades. The situation is becoming ever more precarious in … Continue reading →
April 28th April 2010: Perhaps unsurprisingly a tourism ban has been ordered in the India tiger reserves in the grounds that tiger tourism is killing the tiger through love. I am pleased that something is being done to save the … Continue reading →
