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PC- Soumyajit Nandy
KOLKATA: A Bengal tiger was found dead with a wire snare around its waist — indicating poaching — on Monday in the Sunderbans, a Unesco World Heritage site that has also been recently recognised as a Ramsar site.
The death of the tiger — an endangered species, accorded the highest level of protection under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and in such a highly protected environment like the Sunderbans — has once again raised questions about the vulnerability of the national animal.
It is being speculated that the tiger was not the intended victim, and that it got caught in a deer-poaching trap. Officially, it is not being called a case of poaching yet, until more details emerge.
Ravi Kant Sinha, the state’s wildlife warden, said tiger deaths are very difficult to detect or report in the Sunderbans because of the hostile terrain.
Forest Dept employees burn the remains of the big cat.