Conservationists blame ‘global Mafia’ for decline in Bengal tigers
July 2, 2008 by Stop the Propaganda
Filed under Environment, Tigers, Wildlife Conservation
A dramatic decline in the population of Bengal tigers in a Nepalese wildlife reserve has the World Wildlife Fund blaming the “powerful global Mafia that controls illegal wildlife trade.”
The Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal once boasted among the highest densities of the endangered species in the Eastern Himalayas.
But a camera trap study, conducted in large part by WWF, shows a population of between six and 14 tigers as of April, down from 20 to 50 tigers in 2005. The cameras are attached to infrared sensors and take a picture when they detect movement.
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