Maha to reward informers, who tip about tiger poachers

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Last Updated: Sat, Feb 09, 2013 11:55 hrs

Mumbai: In a bid to save tigers, the Maharashtra government has decided to provide a handsome incentive to informers, who tip about smugglers and poachers, to forest officials.

“The forest department has earmarked Rs 50 lakh as a secret fund to informers who will provide effective information to forest officials about poaching of tigers,” a senior forest department official said.

The official said since the issuance of notification got delayed in this regard only Rs 20 lakhs have been earmarked till March end.

“The Range Forest Officer (RFO) and Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) have been authorised to give Rs 10,000 to the informer. If the amount is over Rs 10,000 then the Forest department will take a call,” he added.

The official further said that audit of this secret fund will be not be conducted, as they are specially meant for informers.

 

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 Planète Tigre

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For the first time in the country, a massive exercise to study and understand the movement of tigers will be undertaken from next year. It entails radio-collaring a number of dispersing wildcats in and around Tadoba, in Chandrapurdistrict.The Rs 1.70 crore project – long-term comprehensive monitoring of tigers, co-predators, and prey animals- has been approved for five years, beginning March 2013, but may be extended for another five if the need arises. The National Tiger

Conservation Authority (NTCA) will chip in with Rs 1.15 crore while the rest of the funds will come from the Maharashtra government.
Monitoring tigers
* Study population dynamics of tigers in Tadoba, its buffer and adjoining landscape extending till Nagbhid-Bhiwapur-Umred.
* Knowing occupancy, breeding, prey-base, ecology and corridors.
* Dispersing tiger cubs from Tadoba will be radio-collared.
* The project is for five years and will be extended for another five years if need felt.
* Of the Rs 1.70 crore, NTCA to give Rs 1.15 crore while rest will be shared by state government.
* The project will be launched between February and March 2013.
Tass tigress shows the way
The Tass (about 60 kms from Nagpur) tigress, which was rescued from an open canal well on October 13, 2011 and radio-collared before its release in the wild on November 27, seems to have shown the way. It was the first successful experiment in the country of a tigress being rescued and released successfully after collaring. The tigress had reached the doorstep of Tadoba reserve a month after its release. The radio collar has now fallen off after its shelf life of six months.