On the Trail - Robin des Bois

proved that the animals were captured in the forests,
no doubt in the Taman Negara National Park.
According to a recent Traffic report, 1,000 traps
were detected in 2010 and 2011 in the preferred
habitats of Malayan tigers. The global population
has been reduced by several hundred. The taxi driver
was granted an interim release on bail of US$
15,200. On the black market, a tiger skin is sold for a
minimum of US$ 10,000.
Arrest of 2 people for the poaching of a Bengal
tiger
Koltapu, State of Assam, India
16 th September 2013
1 – Giving the tiger a bad reputation, spreading the
fact that it preys on domestic herds for food.
2 – Transporting a dead cow into its path and sprinkling
it with a toxic poison.
3 –Waiting for the tiger to come and take interest
in the bait.
4 – As soon as the tiger was poisoned, butchering it,
removing the principal bones, claws, ears, all items
of significant value.
5 – Going to bury the fur in a hole while waiting for
things to settle down and they were able to make it
presentable and sell it to a wholesaler.
6 – Being picked up by the cops on the edge of the
forest of Sonitpur.
Conviction of a person for poaching a tiger
State of Rajasthan, India
16 th September 2013
A professional tiger hunter who had operated in
May 2003 in the Sariska Tiger Reserve was sentenced
to 5 years imprisonment and a fine of US$ 1,200.
Sariska was declared a wildlife reserve in 1955. In
1978 it was given the status of Tiger Reserve, thus
making it part of the Project Tiger programme in
India. It covers an area of 866 km². The population
was estimated at around 16 tigers in 2000. In 2004,
no direct observations of tigers were made. Even
more worrying, no trace of their presence at that
time such as scratch marks on the trees was detected.
The Rajasthan Forest Department said that “the
tigers had temporarily moved outside the reserve
and would return after the rainy season”. Project
Tiger, now the NTCA (National Tiger Conservation
Authority), supported this theory. In 2005 it is finally
stated that there were no more tigers in Sariska.
Poaching was blamed as one of the main reasons
for this local extinction. A few individuals were reintroduced
into the reserve. Several once more fell
victim to poaching. In April 2013, the NGO Prayatna
protested against the introduction of tigers into the
reserve, given that they were not adequately protected.
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Seizure of an Indian leopard skin
Mandi district, State of Himachal Pradesh, India
27 th September 2013
In the state of Himachal Pradesh, a leopard fur is
seized and a man arrested. Himachal Pradesh is
home to a wide variety of animals: leopards, gorals,
moschidae or musk deer and the Himalayan monal.
There are 2 national parks and 32 nature reserves
covering a total area of 7,002 km².
2 live Bengal tigers sequestered
Ciudad Victoria, State of Tamaulipas, Mexico
September 2013
As part of the national circus monitoring programme,
Profepa inspected the «Italian Circus» and
identified an offence. The documents certifying the
legality of the 2 Bengal tigers (a male and a female)
could not be presented. This must be done within
a period of 5 working days on penalty of the tigers
being seized and transferred to the nearest zoo.
Meanwhile, the 2 tigers have been left in the care
of the circus.
Seizure of a Bengal tiger skin and bones
Gelephu, District of Sarpang, Bhutan
20 th September 2013
Business was brisk in the hotel. It was going to finish
with a local buyer. But the authorities acting
on confidential information arrived before the potential
buyer.
© PROFEPA
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