NEWSLINK: ‘Mismanaged’ Goa turning into death-trap for big cats

The report was commissioned by the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests after four tigers were poisoned in January. The report stated that in view of the unfortunate incident in which four tigers, the state government should undertake urgent action for upgrading the legal status of ‘Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary to a tiger reserve. It said that by upgrading the legal status to a tiger reserve, the protected will get access to monitoring, financial and technical support from NTCA, in order to safeguard the conservation values of the sanctuary.Tribals poisoned tigers


The team that was commissioned by the Union Ministry for investigating the death of four tigers found out that the big cats were poisoned by four persons, all tribal residents of the sanctuary. The four accused have been arrested by the police.

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