“1411 is a number which should ring

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1411is a number which should ring alarm bells in every ones mind said thefinance minister at a budget speech two years ago. He was referring to the

present Tiger population in India .

100 years ago we had more than 50,000 Tigers in India. Where have theyvanished?Whilst its easy to say that poaching is the main reason. One must also look at

other reasons as well. Loss of habitat due to unplanned expansions of cities leads to

shrinkage of forests. This promotes man animal conflicts which often lead to theextinction of the species.

Its also a fact that many Tigers and Leopards are lost due to poisoning. Thevillagers poison the carcass . The Tiger when it returns the next day, and

consumes the poisoned meat , dies . The villager is an instant rich man. He earns

manifold from the sale of the Skin, bones , nails etc and also saves his cattle from

another Tiger attack.If the villagers are properly educated and reimbursed for their losses we can

reduce the killing. Once their cattle is killed by a tiger, they seldom get

compensated by the Govt . And that happens not before many months ofrunning around.

Coimbatore ACME Round Table # 133 compensates villagers for their losses oflivestock due to Tiger ,Leopard kills within days of notice. This prevents them


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from poisoning the carcass thereby saving the Tiger.

CART # 133, raises funds from well wishers and by the sale of an unique lapel pin tosupplement this unique project.

Project Tiger has been in operation for the past two years with

several success stories to report.

Publicity done for Project Tiger :-

Hoardings have been erected at all prominent places in the city.

Special Mascot called Growly created and lapel pins made and sold. Screen savers and wallpapers created with multiple designs for Computer screens

and mobile phones.

Stickers made and sent to members of clubs.


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Press meet conducted on 17th Feb 2010 at Coimbatore Cosmopolitan Club . Our Involvement in Project Tiger was covered in the ALIVE Magazine .

Villagers compensation day:-On 17

thFeb 2010members of the press and the villagers of Tengumarhada village were

present at the Coimbatore Cosmopolitan Club . The villagers were compensated for theloss of livestock due to tiger kills. Prominent news papers such as THE HINDU , Thina

Malar etc and popular electronic media Polimer TV covered the press meet .

The press was briefed about the good work done by RTI and how long thie project Tigerwas in operation. Some of the Villagers spoke of their experiences of living in the forest

under the constant threat of losing their livelihood due to Tiger attacks. Some of them

recalled the various Tiger attacks and thanked CART # 133 for compensating them.

Financials:-The details of the compensation are as followsAmount compensated for Buffalo kills = 6 nos * Rs 4000 = Rs 24,000 /-

Amount compensated for Cow kills = 3 nos * Rs3500 = Rs 10,500 /-

Amount compensated for Ox kills = 3 nos * Rs 4500 = Rs 13,500 /-Amount compensated for Goat kills = 2 nos * Rs 2000 = Rs 4000 /-

Total compensation amount = Rs 52,000 /-


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Villagers compensated

Polimer TV with CART # 133 Villager being interviewed

Pictures of various livestock kills in Tengumarhada

Buffalo Kills


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Cow Kills Ox Kills

Goat Kills Tigers Pug mark

Wall papers and screen savers


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How can you help ?Ladies and Gentlemen meet GROWLY .

Help Growly save his species

In order to supplement our fund raising efforts , limited quantity of Growly lapel pinshave been made. These have been priced at Rs 500 each . The entire proceeds would go

to the save the Tiger project.To purchase this lapel pin , kindly send Rs 500 /- by Cheque / DD in favor of

Coimbatore Acme Round Table # 133 to the addresses below.

(Lapel pin design is as per the logo shown above)

Tr Satish Balagopal

208 Tea Estate Compound

Coimbatore 641018

Join Growly on FACEBOOK :

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=301726865346

- Tablers of Coimbatore ACME Round Table # 133

“1411 is a number which should ring

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