Cambodians on tiger-saving trip caught in jumbos' crosshairs

BLAME it on the eleventh-hour change in the plan! A 15-member delegation from Cambodia, that came all the way to study the state's tiger-conservation efforts, ended up staying in a partially-sealed 'illegal' resort inside the notified Sigur Elephant Corridor at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) in the Nilgiris.

- SV KRISHNA CHAITANYA

Giving company to the members of the delegation at Monarch Safari Park at Bokkapuram in Masinagudi, owned by a veteran Bollywood actor, are senior officials of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and Wildlife Institute of India (WII). And, they have been staying at the resort, a part of which is facing the threat of demolition, since Friday. The facility is one among the 28 illegal resorts in the area that is facing demolition.