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Madhya Pradesh: a decade full of tiger deaths and just two convictions? [1]

Madhya Pradesh, once famous as the “Tiger State,” lost 453 animals over the last decade. And how many culprits did the government bring to book? Just two. Recently accessed documents reveal only two cases of poaching reached their logical conclusion of conviction during this period, as of March 2012.

Sample the facts: according to the conservation programme ‘Project Tiger', the population of big cats in Madhya Pradesh in 2001-02 stood at 710. However, the 2011 census revealed there were only 257 tigers left in its six reserves — Bandhavgarh, Kanha, Panna, Bori-Satpura, Sanjay Dubri and Pench.

Publication Date: 
07/04/2012
Mahim Pratap Singh [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Bandhavgarh NP [4], Kanha NP [5], Panna NP [6], Bori SA [7], Sanjay Dubri SA [8], Pench NP [9], Right To Information (RTI) [10], Tiger Reserves [11], Tiger [12], Endangered Species [13], Census/ Habitat Monitoring [14], Wildlife [15], Madhya Pradesh [16]
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bandhavgarh-np
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kanha-np
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/panna-np
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bori-sa
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sanjay-dubri-sa
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pench-np
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/right-information-rti
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger-reserves
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/census-habitat-monitoring
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/madhya-pradesh