Click to play videoGuwahati: A recent study suggests tigers are fast disappearing from some of their historical habitats in the country. But in some parts of the country, like the Northeast, there isn't even enough information on the state of the big cats.
When it comes to the safety of tigers in Northeast India there is a strange silence. The routine killing of rhinos and other wildlife makes news. But there is almost no information about what's being done to take care of the big cats.
Aaranyak Secretary General Bibhab Talukdar says, “With regards to tigers it is extremely difficult to find out unlike Rhinos which are poached for their horns in Northeast it is a silent trade in Tigers that is taking place."
Tiger population figures come handy in detecting killings in most parts of the country. But in the Northeast, the efforts toward creating credible data on the region's tiger population have only just begun.
Chief Conservator of Forests Wildlife MC Malakar says, “In Assam also we have don't it and the data will be sent to the wildlife Institute of India and only then we will have a approximate figure on tiger population.”
While incidents of tiger poaching are occasionally reported in the region, there could be more to it than what meets the eye given the existing conditions.
The Northeastern states having porous borders with other countries. There is evidence of international poaching rings being active in the region. And there is even evidence of involvement of militant groups in illegal wildlife trade.
With the rest of the country while India's Northeast shares a deep concern on the safety of tigers, ironically here there is no sure way to tell whether the tigers are a really safe.
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