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Global News - September 2007

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Indian tigers 'need a miracle to survive'

Thu 27 September 2007 14:30 UK — Asia

Picture for article It is highly unlikely that India's dwindling tiger population will ever recover, an expert has warned.

Valmik Thapar has spent three decades studying the big cats in India and campaigning for their survival. He told Reuters that it would take "a miracle" to now save the remaining tigers in the country.

In an interview with the news agency, Mr Thapar said: "I believe that the government of the day failed the tigers of India and we cannot recover this population ever again.

"A miracle is required to save the Indian tiger. But I don't believe in miracles, as the commitment to save tigers is non-existent."

India is home to around half of the remaining wild tigers in the world, but their numbers have declined markedly in recently years as a result of poaching and habitat destruction.

"What is happening now is a great tragedy," Mr Thapar concluded. "No one understands the needs of tigers. Committees set up to look after tigers are filled with people who know nothing about the tiger."

Experts believe that only between 7,000 and 5,000 tigers now survive in the wild. ADNFCR-1120-ID-18296099-ADNFCR

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