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Khan, M.M.H.
Consumption of tiger prey by people and tiger straying status along the northern forest-village boundary of the Sundarbans of Bangladesh
2010 Bangladesh Journal of Life Sciences (22): 25-31
The study was conducted to estimate the level of consumption of tiger prey by people and identify the areas along the northern forest-village boundary of the Sundarbans of Bangladesh. The daily protein intakes of 50 local families were estimated and areas along the entire forest-village boundary were visited in order to gather information. The commonest source of animal protein for the surveyed local families, in terms of weight, was fish (72.6%), but a total of 2.8% came from tiger prey (mainly the spotted deer _Axis axis_). Based on the total number of similar families (ca. 50,000) living in the vicinity of the Sundarbans it is inferred that about 5,400 spotted deer are poached and consumed every year. The prey protein (Tk 111/kg) was more expensive than non-prey protein (Tk 55.4/kg). The visits of stray tigers were most frequent (11 or more visits/year) in the northwestern and northern edges of the Sundarbans, together comprising 90 km of the boundary.
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