The stupid Indian Forest Department.........

This is the voice of every nature lover, every forest lover and everyone who wishes to see the wild animal in the wild, rather than the zoo.

There are roughly 550 national parks and sanctuaries in our country, which occupies around 4.5% of all the land mass of India. So, that makes the Indian Forest Department the largest land owner in the country.......our forests are home to many rare species of animals, but it is to our disgrace that these animals are being hunted to the brink of extinction by our corrupt and money hungry Forest officials and Government....the main being the Bengal Tiger......

The official tiger counting states that there are roughly around 1400 tigers in the wild.....I beg to differ......the tiger counting is done by identifying the pug marks...each tiger has a different one..........so once I read somewhere that the forest officials are counting each tiger twice or thrice to increase their count........there are many case of small sanctuaries that have been wiped clean of its animals because the FD at those sanctuaries were corrupt.

We as a developing nation should understand the importance of forest and develop it properly and if the ppl who are at the helm of power cannot do that, I wish to tell them please take a look at 'The Dark Continent' i.e. Africa...I think they have understood the importance of this and developed their forests in a better way than ours.....

Whenever I am at a National Park or a sanctuary, I look at the forest guards patrolling the area whit just a lathi......how are they supposed to protect themselves and the animals against the poachers who are armed heavily.......

Let us consider the case of 'Machli-The Lady of the Lake' at Ranthambor, she alone raised a sum of USD 10 Million for the local Ranthambor economy, which is more that the total sum of money allotted to Project Tiger, of which the Indian Government is so proud off.......she lived for a period of 16 years and was one of the most photographed tigress of our country.

Another case is of Sita and Charger of Bandavgad and their son B2....I have personally seen photos of B2 and it is majestic animal. Again Sita lived for a period of 17 years and is also one of the most photographed tigresses of the country.......

There are many such cases and we as responsible citizens of this country must act or do something.

Protect the Tiger, because once the Tiger is gone so will the forest be........