Bengal or Indian Tigers

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Bengal or Indian Tigers were added  to the list of endangered animals in 2010. Sadly, there have been five killings in India just this year. The unique skins ,which are like snowflakes in that no two are alike, bring a hefty price.  Also, there are potions and medicines that are made from the tigers’ body parts.

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Indians and their government take protection of their wildlife very seriously.  The village of Ramdegi with 200 families relocated to return the land  to the animals.  Now there are antelope, bison, deer, boars and even a tiger that is roaming and drinking from the lake.  The government gave incentives  to move the village in order  to limit human contact with these animals.

Remember the family in the village in Gir who lived with a tiny deer?

https://talesalongtheway.com/2013/09/20/chandresh-and-friend/

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It is amazing to me that these people who are desperately poor by our standards  are so caring to animal life! Check out my post on the Tiny Indian Squirrel from Agora near the Taj Mahal.  https://talesalongtheway.com/2013/05/16/tiny-indian-squirrel/

I hope you will take time, if you are an animal lover, to watch the YouTube video.  Lovely images of Indian village and life as well as the majestic tigers!   Remember that jungle is a Hindi word.

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Tiger safari. . . . .

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Baby stays with Mama for 18 months and then is on her own.

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I hope my Hindu friends won’t mind a little humor. I love this sign!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IGTyjVzbgc

Namaste. . . . . .This Is Incredible India!

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About annetbell

I am a retired elementary teacher, well seasoned world traveler,new blogger, grandmother, and a new enthusiastic discoverer of the wonderfully complex country of India. Anne
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18 Responses to Bengal or Indian Tigers

  1. oyiabrown's avatar OyiaBrown says:

    Reblogged this on Oyia Brown.

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  2. S.K. Nicholls's avatar sknicholls says:

    Can you imagine living in a place with such beautiful, strong and dangerous beasts roaming around at liberty? I am so afraid of the bears and alligators that we see in the wild. i couldn’t imagine.

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    • annetbell's avatar annetbell says:

      I am pretty sure lions and tigers are all on animal preserves, but that village wan’t . Well we were all over India and only interacted with cows and ferrel dogs and cats. Not sure about elephants in the wild. Only cobras we saw were in baskets dancing to the flute music! What a wonderful place!!

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  3. Harsha's avatar Harsha says:

    You know..Due to increase in the number of killing in Bengal Tiger..Forest Dept. of Assam,Government of Assam,GOI and WWF made Manas National Park as Tiger Reserve and started Tiger Project which is very much successful but still there are some people who have no mercy for these creatures..

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  4. Pushkar's avatar Dhappya says:

    These relocations are part of setting up almost every 2nd wildlife sanctuary in India. Mumbai has a wildlife park which has high density of leopards. Human settlements share this wildlife park with these wild cats.

    Walk in Jungle of Nagla and Chenna

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  5. deepakrdash's avatar deepakrdash says:

    Tiger is the symbol of india.I love them so much. thanks for this nice blog.

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