Low tiger rely in Uttarakhand on account of ‘poor images’, declare state officers

Express News Service

DEHRADUN:  On World Tiger Day on July 29, Uttarakahnd’s place slipped to 3rd within the countrywide rely of the massive cat, opposite to expectations that the state would stand second, sources stated.

State authorities officers after analysing the information launched on the event realised that round 15 tigers couldn’t be included within the last rely. “Otherwise the results would have been different,” stated an official, including that it was clearly the negligence of the forest division workers.

Sources within the Forest Department stated: “In the Status of Tigers Predator and Prey India-2022 report, 15 tigers in three forest divisions of Uttarakhand weren’t included within the rely on account of lack of “adequate number of camera traps and some poor photographs.”

“This is the reason that the number of tigers in the state remained at 560, forcing the state at number three in the tiger counter across the country.” Speaking to this newspaper, Chief Wildlife Warden Dr Sameer Sinha stated: “There is no such misconception about tiger count. I have also spoken to Wildlife Institute of India (WII) officials who have justified the tiger census as per standards.”

He stated there can be a evaluation assembly quickly. “Whatever changes (in the counting method) are expected will be made,” Sinha stated. The state forest division has realised its “mistake” and, based on the information launched on World Tiger Day, Uttarakhand, which was ranked third with a rely of 560, ought to technically have been in second place because the rely of 15 tigers couldn’t be included within the last rely.

Madhya Pradesh tops the listing with 785 tigers, adopted by Karnataka with 563 tigers. “Among the pieces of evidence, camera traps are used to assess tigers’ presence,” stated a senior forest division official. 

“Once the picture of the camera trap arrives, it is captured in the same location again. After this, the number of tigers is estimated by analyzing and studying all the captured photographs in depth,” stated a senior forest division official.

“The camera traps installed in Champawat, Almora and Dehradun forest divisions of the state were antiquated. At the same time, the forest personnel did not show enough interest, due to which the pictures of tigers were not clear,” an official stated. The variety of tigers in India has elevated from 2,967 in 2018 to three,682 in 2022, an annual rise of 6 per cent, based on the most recent authorities information launched on International Tiger Day.  India has change into residence to roughly 75 per cent of the world’s tiger inhabitants, the federal government stated.

DEHRADUN:  On World Tiger Day on July 29, Uttarakahnd’s place slipped to 3rd within the countrywide rely of the massive cat, opposite to expectations that the state would stand second, sources stated.

State authorities officers after analysing the information launched on the event realised that round 15 tigers couldn’t be included within the last rely. “Otherwise the results would have been different,” stated an official, including that it was clearly the negligence of the forest division workers.

Sources within the Forest Department stated: “In the Status of Tigers Predator and Prey India-2022 report, 15 tigers in three forest divisions of Uttarakhand weren’t included within the rely on account of lack of “adequate number of camera traps and some poor photographs.”googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“This is the reason that the number of tigers in the state remained at 560, forcing the state at number three in the tiger counter across the country.” Speaking to this newspaper, Chief Wildlife Warden Dr Sameer Sinha stated: “There is no such misconception about tiger count. I have also spoken to Wildlife Institute of India (WII) officials who have justified the tiger census as per standards.”

He stated there can be a evaluation assembly quickly. “Whatever changes (in the counting method) are expected will be made,” Sinha stated. The state forest division has realised its “mistake” and, based on the information launched on World Tiger Day, Uttarakhand, which was ranked third with a rely of 560, ought to technically have been in second place because the rely of 15 tigers couldn’t be included within the last rely.

Madhya Pradesh tops the listing with 785 tigers, adopted by Karnataka with 563 tigers. “Among the pieces of evidence, camera traps are used to assess tigers’ presence,” stated a senior forest division official. 

“Once the picture of the camera trap arrives, it is captured in the same location again. After this, the number of tigers is estimated by analyzing and studying all the captured photographs in depth,” stated a senior forest division official.

“The camera traps installed in Champawat, Almora and Dehradun forest divisions of the state were antiquated. At the same time, the forest personnel did not show enough interest, due to which the pictures of tigers were not clear,” an official stated. The variety of tigers in India has elevated from 2,967 in 2018 to three,682 in 2022, an annual rise of 6 per cent, based on the most recent authorities information launched on International Tiger Day.  India has change into residence to roughly 75 per cent of the world’s tiger inhabitants, the federal government stated.