I agree with Belinda Wright, Indira Gandhi was the only PM in the history of India who initiated work for environment protection: Ganga Action Plan, Project tiger, project crocodile etc. Some good work was followed on by Rajiv Gandhi. But since then, on this aspect, there has been a full stop. Many people dont know that cheetah has been wiped out already and tigers are on the brink of extinction. (I read the messages and saw what the priorities of the people were). Most poaching is done on the orders of the Chinese across the border who use tiger bones and body parts in Chinese medicines. And there are people who will decorate their homes with tiger skins and wear tiger claw bracelets. I wonder, if this issue has been taken up in India-China meetings.
RE:Tigers
by Vishnu Sharma on Apr 30, 2007 10:06 PM Permalink
Chinese will protect the Giant Panda which is the symbol of China. They will also protect the South Chinese and Siberian Tigers although they killed of a lot of these animals during Mao's time. But they want to kill all our Bengals. This is their way of showing who is boss in Asia. The biggest trouble is that a million Indians are willing to go an poach a tiger for a few thousand Rupees on the instructions of their Chinese Handlers. Now in China, Just try poaching a Giant Panda and smuggling its skin across the border to India. I can guarantee that in 6 hours you will be facing a firing squad. Tigers are AS MUCH a symbol of India as the Taj Mahal. The trouble is that Indians don't give a damn about it. This is what is missing. The whole system is rotten from the top. The first thing we need to do is to completely clear human habitation surrounding our forests. We need to increase our forest area by 20% and be willing shoot anyone who tries to settle in these forests.
