The confession by 30-year-old Sarfuddin Meo is glaring proof that the reserve-—which in 2005 had lost all its tigers to poaching, forcing a first-of-its-kind big cat translocation programme—continues to be in the grip of poachers.
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The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper column-inches than any other cryptozoological subject. There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived by us in some way, so we should have a go at publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in. Curated by Carl Marshall and Olivia McCarthy
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
NEWSLINK: Poacher confesses to killing missing ST-5 at Sariska in Feb, selling its skin
Nearly eight months after a tigress was reported missing from the Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR), a poacher, who was recently arrested by the police, admitted to having shot dead the tigress, ST-5, and selling her skin.
The confession by 30-year-old Sarfuddin Meo is glaring proof that the reserve-—which in 2005 had lost all its tigers to poaching, forcing a first-of-its-kind big cat translocation programme—continues to be in the grip of poachers.
Read more...
The confession by 30-year-old Sarfuddin Meo is glaring proof that the reserve-—which in 2005 had lost all its tigers to poaching, forcing a first-of-its-kind big cat translocation programme—continues to be in the grip of poachers.
Read more...
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