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Forest staff under lens over failure to spot dead tiger

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July 18, 2024

IF the Nilgiris forest officials had failed to arrest two tribals and seize tiger claws and teeth from them on Saturday, they would not have known anything about the death of the tiger two months ago or retrieved its carcass.

- S SENTHIL KUMAR

Forest staff under lens over failure to spot dead tiger

The failure to spot the tiger carcass at Mulligoor forest range for two months speaks volumes about the poor patrolling work being carried out by the forest staff. Nilgiris forest division is rich in wildlife population, especially tigers and elephants, and lack of proper patrolling raises questions on wildlife safety. Though several poaching cases were reported in the division last year, no lesson was learnt, activists said.

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