There were 30 tigers at the beginning of last year. Within a year, it had risen to 16. Manas National Park in Assam has achieved an unprecedented feat in the history of tiger conservation. Amal Chandra Sharma, field director of the Manas Tiger project, said at least 48 tigers have been identified this year.
He said, “Each tiger has been identified differently with the pictures taken by the trap camera. They include at least 19 adult tigers, 18 adult male tigers, 3 juveniles and 6 cubs. “Four tigers have been found in an area of 350 square kilometers recently linked to the Manas Tiger Project and the national park.
At the 2010 census, there were only 10 tigers in mind. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTC) has confirmed that there were at least 16 tigers in 2014 by installing trap cameras across Manas. According to the ‘Tiger Status Report’ published by the organization in the last episode of 2017, the number of tigers has increased by at least 26.
Manas, a region in Assam, was identified as a tiger project in 1982. From 1980 to 2003, the forest was destroyed by terrorism. The national park was virtually unprotected. Hunting in the wild has greatly reduced the number of wildlife, including rhinos, tigers, leopards, wild buffaloes and swamps. The ‘Heritage Site’ of the Mind was listed by UNESCO as ‘Endangered’ in the 1980s.
After the signing of the Great Peace Treaty in 2003, the situation returned to normal after the formation of the Baroland Territorial Council. Gradually the situation began to improve. Although the problem of poaching has not completely subsided. After that, the authorities of the ‘Barland Territorial Council’ began to protect wildlife with the help of large extremists returning to the mainstream of society. He sought help from experts from various wildlife conservation organizations, including the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Indian Wildlife Trust (WTI). In addition to tigers and rhinos, endangered species include Hispes fur, pygmy hogs, and even Bengal Florican birds. These birds were once found in the grasslands of Dwar in North Bengal but are no longer found there.
“Manas has set a new model for conservation not only of tigers but also of other wildlife in the country,” Sanatan Deka, a WTI researcher on wildlife conservation in Manas, told Anandabazar Online on Friday. In 2005, the mind became devoid of rhinos. Rehabilitation work was started by bringing in some rhinos from Kaziranga and Pabitora in Assam. That number has now risen to 50. The number of deer in the wetland has also increased significantly in a year. Preliminary observations indicate that this has increased further.
