Record number of tiger attacks attributed to loss of habitat
50 people killed last year, highest annual total in past 100 years
By Anisur Rahman, Correspondent Published: 00:00 August 1, 2010
Dhaka: Bangladesh earned a name for being the home of Royal Bengal Tigers along with neighbouring India but this year, the big cats killed the highest number of people this century, a phenomenon feared to be caused by loss of their habitats.
"We are witnessing a growing trend of deaths caused by tigers. Fifty people died last year, the highest number of deaths we recorded in the past 100 years, while the figure was 24 in 2007," forest conservator Tapan Dey told Gulf News.
He said the loss of big cat habitats and food sources in southwestern Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest which is the habitat of the last 440 Bengal Tigers, according to a 2004 survey.
Dey's comments came two days after Bangladesh joined the World Tiger Day celebrations promising effective steps to save the endangered big cats while it planned for an effective presence in the 13-nation Tiger Conservation Summit in St. Petersburg in September to plan out urgent measures to save the species.
"I will attribute the phenomenon (growing number of deaths) on human intrusion in Sundarbans . . . men are not good food for big cats but are easy prey, while the tigers are quickly losing their main food there because of poaching," chief executive of Bangladesh Wildlife Trust Professor Anwarul Islam told Gulf News.
Islam, also a senior professor of zoology department of the premier Dhaka University, said nearly 450,000 families live around the Sundarbans, a stretch of 6,017 square kilometres of forest "while their interactions with tigers are growing day by day causing the higher death rates."
He said the Trust recently carried out a survey on 800 families living around the Sundarbans. Nearly half of them admitted they had tasted the deer meats at last once in the past year.
"The survey reflects how the tigers are losing their main food source," he said. The last survey by the forest department and UN Development Programme (UNDP) in 2004 estimated the number to be around 440, while in Indian side of the Sundarbans the tiger population was around 270.
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Friday, 25 December 2009
Saturday, 19 December 2009
christmas updates
Dear My friends
After we have lost this species for years now there are evidence of a come back for the African wild dog.
This is the second endangered mammal in kenya may be in Africa after the Black Rhino.
Our Northern mara conservancy have now recoded a real come back of the real super hunter of Africa.
The news come in this morning and I am gland to share with you fab.
In the next few months God willing I will be updating you about them too, since I will spend some of my time at rekero homes and it is the place they use a lot as there hunting ground.
Just like I wrote on the blog about the black and white colobus monkeys this are even more special news since they nearly got extinct in the mara, I am glad to well come them back after 20 years of lost.
Best wisher to you all and merry Christmas.
Salaams
Jackson Looseyia
christmas updates
Dear My friends,
Just to cover some of our a achievement of 2009,
The fund raise of Miujisa has been the best we had done to our wildlife and so rewarding.
Again well done all of you, You made her life better it could have been wast, we did not have a lot of options from the Government however they are helping her for life meaning treating, protecting, and feeding her every day not an easy Job.
We all needed to have seen her free and wild but it was not possible after it have been handle by human and feed, What might had happen if we push I think, may have heart breaking better she is a live in a fence than dead after she was rescued.
It was one of my best wildlife project and successful story through our trust (Rekero Trust).
NASERIAN SADIRA SILVE LEVEL GUIDE.
Another successful story is a Girl guide we started helping her from primary through secondary to being a full silver Guide in the mara.
In many ways Girls have never been given the opportunity to work parallel to the males and Koyiaki Guide school made it happen thank to Ron and the rest of the wold leaders like Tusk Trust among many.
While I was in the office I sow her and I was as exited to see a girl guiding professional, this will translate I am a father of 4 girls and if they are not given equal opportunity then the balance is not good no matter how one ague.
I Wish you all a merry Christmas and happy new year.
Salaams
Jackson Looseyia.
christmas updates
KALI NOW READY.
Bwana Kali,The young leopard male had no choice than to go away and establish a territory, we could track him during the summer holiday we new he was some where just like Chui, his angle he left to some secret place in the mara.
Male leopards move a lot from one male territory to another especially while they are young the tuffets time for them.
On the other hand if I was able to follow them and other people do the same he would not be a male leopard with its secrets and canning ways so just let it go and we wish him well whenever he is gone to.
Missing on the J5 is Ayah she left for good we have not seen her at all I am sure she got cubs too now since its right age for her to bread.
Hugs to you all,
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Salaams
Jackson Looseyia.
christmas updates
ONCE VERY STRONG THE RIDGE PRIDE.
After the old male left Snuggle tooth the females took the responsibly, What a tough job.
We have seen the females risking there life so match to protect the little ones and guess what they have made it through the wast.
Notch and his boys gave this pride so much trouble we thought the boys will be kill or some of the young females, up to now they have se-verve a lot of difficulties from crossing the river risking crocks attack and having more encounters with nomadic males towards Rongai and many other prides such as Olkiombo pride with there Three males who are very powerful.
The pride have finally separated into three groups one with little cubs, one group still running away from notch and his boys, and young males have move away from the protection of there mums hope they can sail through its tough but that is life with lions.
Snuggle tooth is still missing hope he is a live somewhere in the mara serengeti.
I wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Salaams
Jackson.
christmas updates
HONEY BOYS
My Friends,
This are the other males every love to hear about them, rhino ridge had became there most favorite spot in the mara.
At long last we have seen little cubs which they are the fathers bless them.
We had followed this males for a while now and my lord no male cheetah can beat the power of Honey boys.
We have no problem following them during the day we now call them action boys.
Again due to drought in southern kenya the area they prefer had been taken by cattle this do affect there behavior on hunting in most cases.
However if this is the end of a dry season we can call it no matata but if it continue mmm not sure about it.
The female with little cubs we thing its Serena but yet to conform its good news though for Christmas updates.
For the next few months no young males coming to take over the territory from honey boys (snap, crackle, and Pop).
HONEY BOYS CUB HAVE ARRIVE.( by Jono).
Salaams
Jackson Looseyia.
Christmas updates
WISE BOY NOTCH LOOKING ONTO THE FUTURE.
My friends Looking into Notch and his pride we now agree this is the best collation of males we had ever experience in the mara.
Notch and his five boys had taken over two prides so far with lost of cubs born under there rign love it so much.
ONE OF NOTCH BOYS.
With the drought problems in the country Notch and his two prides the paradise pride, and Ridge pride, the reason being they are both in the middle of both prides at mara river.
The future of this prides will always depend on Notch and his boys though Notch is very old now it will be had for him to compete with his growing sons Notch will go down to the bottom of the high ricky very soon if not started going down hill.
We all love notch the best of the best we had for a long time.
LTTLE NOTCH THINKING SOON I WILL RULE THIS KINGDOM.
Merry Christmas to you all
Love
Jackson Looseyia.
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