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Written By:
Sasha Ingber
National Geographic News
Published December 14, 2012
"On the morning of December 4, a coffee planter in the Indian village of Nidugumba found a tigress caught by the paw in his estate's barbed wire fence."
She had walked around 3/4 of a mile from Nagarahole National Park in India into Nidugumba. The park was declared a tiger reserve in 1999 and has about 11 tigers per 62 square miles. Tigers getting snared or cornered is not too rare, especially after tiger conservation succeeds and populations produce surpluses. Annually, about 30 to 50 tigers are caught across India, usually in illegal wire snares ment to catch deer or pigs.
The coffee planter that had found the tigress contacted the forest staff, and rangers and veterinarians arrived to tranquilize the animal. She was then transported to Mysore Zoo for examination and medical treatment, where it is to be decided whether she will remain in the zoo or be released into the wild.
It's nice to know that there is still a small batch of nice people in the world, no matter how nonexistent they may be. Many caught animals are not so lucky when found caught in traps. Especially if their trappers are the first to recover them.
- Andrew
- Andrew
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