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Karanth, K.U.
Blundering down the catwalk
2005 Newspaper
The tiger is depicted as a victim in a hit-and-run case, who can only be saved by some emergency treatment or other. NGOs are screaming for action: whatever first aid they fancy at the moment. On the other hand, officials appear unworried, except about the bad press they are getting. But the most creative explanations so far have come from Rajesh Gopal, Director of Project Tiger. Quotes attributed to him range from the bizarre explanation that tigers have migrated away from prey-rich Sariska forests to dubious claim that the tiger's future can be secured through a piece of fancy GIS software he is waiting for. This web-based genie will apparently tell him what is happening his tigers across the country. A pity really, if only the poor Sariska cats could have sent real-time messages while they were being clobbered.
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