Hidden Cameras Snap Rare Photos of Bengal Tiger and Cubs
- Posted on March 20, 2012 at 3:34pm by
Liz Klimas
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It might be difficult — not to mention potentially dangerous — to measure the Bengal tiger population first hand, so the World Wildlife Federation in India set up “camera traps” to help measure the density. The rare photos caught with hidden cameras shows a thriving population, according to the WWF release.
Tigress with approximately one-month old cub seen in Kosi River corridor in India. (Photo: WWF-India/Uttarakhand Forest Department)
WWF reports seeing at least 13 tigers in the Kosi River corridor in northern India’s Terai Arc Landscape, which will have implications for conservation efforts of the endangered animal. Wired reports the most recent survey by the International Union for Conservation of Nature cited less than 2,500 Bengal tigers worldwide. India is home to more than half.
WWF-India has seen a relatively strong population in the boxed area and believes it should be under protection to prevent human-animal conflict. (Image: WWF)
“Knowing the tiger numbers and their movement routes in a corridor would provide a sound database in taking decisions on developmental activities within and around the corridor,” WWF-India’s Tiger Coordinator Joseph Vattakaven said.
Tigress and "sub-adult" cubs feeding on a local cow. (Photo: WWF-India/Uttarakhand Forest Department)
The release states that the photos captured a tigress and her cubs feeding on a cow, for which the owner was compensated by WWF-India to prevent retaliation against the animals. The area where the photo was taken has some of the highest cattle kills, with 1,000 deaths in the most recently measured five year period.
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kim
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 9:28amthats a beer in the picture they might call their cows deers people please get it right before you put it on the web
Report Post »Marsh626
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 7:18pmPeople are crazy to support protecting these dangerous predators. These tigers are eating thousands of people in this part of the world. Environ-mentalism is a disease that came with modern liberalism which brainwashed people into caring more about animal life and than human life.
Report Post »bobmcgus
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 7:54pmWhat a beautiful creature… but… if the last one on the planet was in my town eating people, they would quickly become extinct.
Report Post »RoseLane
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 10:12pmthousands Marsh really? is that Obama logic…?
Report Post »getourcountryback
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:25amMarsh, you are a dip. Thousands of people being eaten? We shouldn’t have any wild beasts, just the ones that occupy the White House, huh?
Report Post »ianmc002
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 11:50ambobmcgus Please go back and read my comment concerning Shall Issue. I apologize for being condescending (a fancy word for dick). Anyways I am very anti Shall Issue because it is anti Constitution.
Report Post »kim
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 9:27ampeople should know that they are dangerous and should stay away from them they are qorgeous animals and should be left alone
Report Post »SBR308
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:50pmNice kitty kitty now eat your cow and stop eating those mean old local natives
SBR308
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:48pmNice kitty kitty now eat your cow and quit eating those local natives.
lisa2994
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:26pmBeautiful animals! We keep killing them and there will be none left!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:38pmYea… they eat children, you know!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:46pmSo do Liberals.
Report Post »libertytreecaretaker
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:17pmI wonder if when the WWF runs out of money to pay farmers for their taken cows. they will sacrifice themselves for the good of the tiger’s well being.
Report Post »texasnellie
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:29pmLooks like they don’t know the difference between a cow and a deer. Picture clearly shows a deer.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:29pmPredators are an important part of nature. When the Florida panther was nearly wiped out, deer nearly starve since their numbers mushroomed w/o natural predators keeping their numbers in check.
Report Post »MrSunshine
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:49pmHey Texasnellie, stay out of the woods, LOL! Photo is of a cow. Check the horns (1 visible horn). Just doesn’t look like a longhorn though!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:57pmTEXAS:
Report Post »How many Holstein Deer do you have in your freezer? That’s a cow. Just not the type we think of as milk cows.
Glenfin
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:15pmTexas Nellie, that is a COW! For sure you Texans know what a deer looks like, especially as big as they get in Texas?
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:08pmgorgeous animals
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