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The bulk of the tiger population is in the Sundarbans (marshlands at the bottom of the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta). Anecdotally, many of the Sundarban tigers are m
by a11r 7y ago
The bulk of the tiger population is in the Sundarbans (marshlands at the bottom of the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta). Anecdotally, many of the Sundarban tigers are man-eaters and there is a tacit policy to not go after the ones that happen to kill humans. This keeps the poachers and encroachers away, but also makes any census nearly impossible to conduct. I would not put too much faith in these reported numbers.
- j0j 7y agoThis is wrong on many levels. 7-8 states have more tigers than Bengal. Sundarban tigers are not man-eaters by default Tiger census is tricky business, but these numbers are as legit as they can get (especially given, outside of India, BD and Nepal, no other countries have serious population of tigers in the wild). I mean, what other numbers would you trust?
- j0j 7y agoIn case you want a reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_by_wildlife_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_by_wildl...
- ra7 7y agoThis is wrong. If you see the results report [1], it says the complete opposite. The Sundarban region recorded the least tiger population (88 tigers). The bulk of the tiger population comes from Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats regions. [1] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Tiger%20Status%20Report_summary.pdf http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Tiger%20...
- KorematsuFred 7y agoMan eater of sunderban is more of myth than reality.
- electriclove 7y agoAny idea of tiger counts in the Bangladesh Sundarbars?