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TERROR OF EXTINCTION ON TIGERS

Tigers are a national conceit for India. India has the largest

number of wild tigers in the world as compared to any other

Asian Country. But, unfortunately Tiger Trade and their hunting

by humans is not at all a part of History .The number of tigers

is thus declining rapidly and if these are not stopped now that

day is not far when there would be no tigers left in Indian

jungles

Its just not a factthat Indias, may be called the former

national animal the lion was replaced by the Royal Bengal Tiger

because the no. Of lions at that time had declined to a greatextent and they were on the edge of getting completely vanished

from India because of their commercial hunting.

Lions skins were hanged for presentation by the rich people (and

are) as a status symbol, this had (and has) nothing to do with

tradition it was (and is) just for luxury. The trade was very

profitable and thus

The Tigers in India at that time were some around 40,000. So youmay be shocked that they are now around 1400 (according to thegovernment evaluation), independent researcherseven less. The

reason of this is considered that the park authorities still use

the old system of paw mark counting which not 100% accurate is.

In India the governing period of Indira Gandhi saw an amazing

success ofMISSION TIGERthe plan was successful and gave good

results, that couldnt be expected at that time, but no one now

accepts that the project have finally reached where every

government project reaches ultimately, it have reached the

failure. Tiger trade is now on action at a more destructive and

faster speed.

If you want some evidence of this find out how many tigers arethere in Siriska and Panna. Its answer is ZERO, though in Panna

a tigress and a tiger have been shifted to set up their family

from Kanha National Park of the Madhya Pradesh state, which have

two national parks reserved for the tigers with one of the

largest tiger populations in India. What the government is doing

is matter f discussion and criticism, but can be discussed later


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because before giving out our thoughts and opinions we need to

understand that actually what the root of this TIGER TRADE is.

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First let me tell you what the Tiger trade actually is and why,

from centuries the Indian wild tigers have faced the brutality

of the hunters, it became a social status for the rich British

officers and the Indian rulers who ruled over the Indian

princely states. Instead of opposing the Indian rulers became as

competitors in the number of tigers they hunted from jungles, it

was obvious that this led to the decrease of the tiger

population t a great extent but at that time the tigers were

high in number and this too as unable to give a noticeable

signal of their deduction. After Independence when the Lion

population decreased the government realized that the hunting of

big cats can take them to extinction and finally the national

animal of the country was changed to tiger and from now hunting

was to be considered a crime, this made a problem for the rich

men to get their skins, so the villager were started being

appointed to hunt tigers for them. The higher the skin wasperfectly with its natural form and is not damaged by sharp

weapons or bullets are the signs of higher quality and higher

price

The government of India in the governing period of Indira Gandhi

realized that something should be done to stop this hunting.

Till that time this hunting had already became a well organized

trade and was decreasing the Indian wild tiger population

rapidly. So, as a result of all this after governments

realization mission tiger was launched. It had success more than

what would have been expected it looked that the Tiger Trade inIndia could be easily vanished but unfortunately it didnt went

all the way, till the 2000s the country faced severe tiger trade

back in form, and till this time the foreign market was on fire.

Tiger skins were and are still used by the Tibetans for

representing their social status. The Chinese too took an

interest in these tiger skins and other products, many of the


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Chinese love the Tiger Bear which is made of the tigers bones

and is on a descent trade in China.

Reasons for the trade

The tiger skin is used by Tibetans to make traditional costumes

which are wore on a special festival held in Tibet, though when

after Dalai Lamas appeal they are now reduced to some. But

still there is a heavy demand of skins and bones in Tibet. This

traditional costume actually is worn by generations and is

considered antique and a social symbol which is exposed with

pride on certain festivals instead of shame for killing a royalanimal.

China has been a greater Tiger market because tiger killing and

breeding was legal in Peoples Republic of China in the 20th

century. The trade in China was very profitable. This led to the

establishment of many Tiger breeding centers all over the

country, it too had a quite large wild population of tigers but


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as it was easier to get the skins of these wild tigers than that

to arrange for a breeding center they were hunted at a much

higher pace than India as it was legal in China. Keeping in mind

that the natural and less damaged skin priced higher. Thus the

wild tiger skin was more precious also, this probably led to

their merciless killing and the population decreased at a higher

rate than in India.

For the Indian tigers the problem started when the government

stated it illegal. The trade had settled up too many customers

that were a bit addicted to the tiger products and many new had

started to take a keen interest in it due to its easy

availability that was before the new law .As the Chinese

enforcement agencies went tight for the traders to kill tiger

and use its products in China. Tiger skins and skull started to

be smuggled from India through Tibet.

God knows what is done to the tigers in breeding farms that are

still running in China on the name of Research Centers. The

Indian tigers reach China through the way of Tibet which I will

tell you later. But this trade as shown units results in the

country very rapidly and is now becoming more furious.

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