Safe and responsible re-location of Tigers
Petitioning: Pressurising forest departments to take act of re-location of Tigers seriously
Petitioner: Abhijitnaik started on December 30, 2014
This is with respect to killing of Tiger in Khanapur Village, Belgavi, Karnatak on 29/12/2014.
The forest department released a man-eater Tiger in deep jungles of Khanapur village after it killed a woman in the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary in Chikkamagaluru district.
The man eater Tiger hunted a pregnant woman in Khanpur on Dec 24, 2014. After which people started agitation towards Govt officials. In order to avoid people irk, Govt took the decision of shoot at sight for the Tiger instead of Tranquilizing.
Here is a press report on the incident
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/450385/man-eater-tiger-shot-dead.html
Through this petition, we request concerned Govt official and WWF organization to formulate rules for safe and responsible re-location of Tigers and take such matters seriously.
