India - Stop Vengeful Villagers & Farmers From Using Pesticides to Kill all the Big Cats
- by: Sue Lee
- recipient: India District Forest Officers, Tamu Green Movement, Western India Law Officials
Please sign and share this petition in an effort to save big wild cats from demise due to the use of pesticides in India. Conservationists state that these large cats in the western Tami Nadu are at danger from poisonous pesticides by vengeful villages, affecting the survival and endangerment of many of these species of wild cats. Something needs to be done regarding the types of pesticides used so that the big cats are not subjected to such a death by an irate villager or farmer.
The problem in western Tami Nadu is that villagers and farmers are concerned about their cattle. If a cow is lost due to a wild animal, the farmers lace the carcasses with pesticides in order to kill the predators. Just recently in the Tiger Reserve, a tiger and leopard both lost their lives to this type of poisoning. A District Forest Officer stated "Old tigers and leopards which grow weak and are unable to hunt, may take to killing cattle bred by villagers abutting forest boundaries. The villagers get infuriated over losing their cattle which is their main source of livelihood and tend to take revenge by killing them. They poison the carcass with insecticide and when the big cat comes to eat its kill, it dies instantly."
Conservationists and animal activists are perturbed over the rising incidence of poisoning of big cats. They want the forest department to take stern action to curb such tiger killing. It is not enough if poachers are kept at bay, poisoning villagers should also be sternly dealt with in the same manner. Often times, poaching is also a result of poisoning the animals. While tiger mortality has come down across India with 47 incidents so far this year as against 63 last year and 72 the previous year, it has increased manifold in Tamil Nadu, worrying wild life conservationists.
Yes, the villagers and farmers should be dealt with in the same manner as those caught poaching. Maybe they need to provide better protection for their cattle that will safeguard their existence rather than placing the blame and taking the law into their own hands. Please sign and share this petition in an effort to save big wild cats from demise due to the use of pesticides in India. Conservationists state that these large cats in the western Tami Nadu are at danger from poisonous pesticides by vengeful villages, affecting the survival and endangerment of many of these species of wild cats. Something needs to be done regarding the types of pesticides used so that the big cats are not subjected to such a death by an irate villager or farmer.
India District Forest Officers, Tamu Green Movement, Western India Law Officials - Something needs to be done to stop these vengeful villagers and farmers from taking the law into their own hands. If they have cattle, they need to take more responsible action on their own end; keep them more restricted and secure closer to home and never allow them to graze after dusk and before dawn; the most prevalent times for hunting. They want cattle, they need to be responsible in keeping them safe other than revenge on these cats that are only doing what nature provides. As conservationists have said, you do need to take more stringent actions against those who kill the big cats by poisoning in the same manner as poaching. Either way, there is a threat of endangerment to the animals and it is animal abuse and cruelty!!If not, such practices will continue which puts the big cats nearly on the endangered lists. Inflict harsh jail sentences, fines and demand these criminals make changes for the health and well-being of their cattle or give them up!!
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