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Tigers are twice as heavy as lions but still the same size. With a single swipe of a claw, a tiger was able to slit a lion’s throat, killing it instantly.
So they've stopped people killing them, but haven't unfortunately, it seems, been able to address the issue that leads to people killing them.
Presumably at some point the forest area needs to increase, or people will start killing tigers to protect themselves?
I wonder too how much of the increase is improved technique in finding (and recording?)?
I might be going off on a tangent, but this govt has a history of cooking up numbers. Be it GDP, be it out-of-deficit spending or be it the output of the informal economy. Something that's coming from PMO, I'd be super skeptical. Pardon me for pointing out their carelessness in handling water crisis and climate change, but sure, they focussed on tiger population growth. Definitely believable.
Forgive me for being the party-pooper here. I might be going off on a tangent, but this govt has a history of cooking up numbers. Be it GDP, be it out-of-deficit spending or be it the output of the informal economy. Something that's coming from PMO, I'd be super skeptical. Pardon me for pointing out their carelessness in handling water crisis and climate change, but sure, they focussed on tiger population growth. Def…
Do you think India and China are somehow cooking up green cover to fool NASA's satellites too? Give me a break.
Tigers are twice as heavy as lions but still the same size. With a single swipe of a claw, a tiger was able to slit a lion’s throat, killing it instantly.
They are much more majestic than lions. They should (probably) be called the king of the jungle. I remember reading man eaters of kumaon as a child, it was fascinating and scary. Highly recommended. There was one tiger in the book that was responsible for killing 100s of humans (300 or something, can't remember the exact number). Scary stuff.
Forgive me for being the party-pooper here. I might be going off on a tangent, but this govt has a history of cooking up numbers. Be it GDP, be it out-of-deficit spending or be it the output of the informal economy. Something that's coming from PMO, I'd be super skeptical. Pardon me for pointing out their carelessness in handling water crisis and climate change, but sure, they focussed on tiger population growth. Def…
Do you think Tiger population growth happens overnight? I think successive governments have invested in making sure Tiger population growth is healthy. Read this: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144540/china-and-in... Do you think India and China are somehow cooking up green cover to fool NASA's satellites too? Give me a break.
The article you shared, I completely agree with it. There are a number of other factors that go into tiger population growth. Greenery is just one part of it.
I never said the number of tigers *decreased". They might have actually increased, but I was only pointing out the potential misrepresentation by this govt which has been seen with numbers time and again.
Tigers are twice as heavy as lions but still the same size. With a single swipe of a claw, a tiger was able to slit a lion’s throat, killing it instantly.
>Tigers are twice as heavy as lions how? less fat?
Forgive me for being the party-pooper here. I might be going off on a tangent, but this govt has a history of cooking up numbers. Be it GDP, be it out-of-deficit spending or be it the output of the informal economy. Something that's coming from PMO, I'd be super skeptical. Pardon me for pointing out their carelessness in handling water crisis and climate change, but sure, they focussed on tiger population growth. Def…
>But there has also been an increase in human-tiger conflict recently and one reason is that India has too many tigers and too few forests that can sustain them unless more protected reserves are added. // So they've stopped people killing them, but haven't unfortunately, it seems, been able to address the issue that leads to people killing them. Presumably at some point the forest area needs to increase, or people w…