FOREST LIFE

Only 100 Tigers Left In Bangladesh's Famed Sundarban Forest

There are only around 100 tigers left in Bangladesh's Sundarban forest, a number which is far lower than previously thought.

The mangrove forest, one of the tigers' biggest natural habitats, spans 3,860 miles and was believed to have been home to more than 400 of the big cats.

The newest figure is a huge drop since the last tiger census in 2004, however experts say the difference may be due to a more accurate method of taking stock of the animals, rather than counting pugmarks.

The recent survey was based on hidden camera footage, which found there to be between 83 and 130 tigers in the region.

"So plus or minus we have around 106 tigers in our parts of the Sundarbans,"

Photo gallary of Sundarban

A Terrible Incident

English: Karamjala Point, Sundarban, Bangladesh. বাংলা: করমজালা পয়েন্ট, সুন্দরবন, বাংলাদেশ।

In 1994, five people went to Sundarban to cut a Nipa Leaves by a big boat. One day they are cutting Nipa Leaves, In the mean time A Tiger attacked the head man and killed him. The owner of the boat sent his nephew to watch the boat. The nephew got married before three months. I asked him "why have you come here ?". He said to me "I shall stay at boat only, I have no problem". Next day, early in the morning I saw that The boy was going by boat. After two hours, I heard, he was killed by a Tiger. At first he cut a leafe and he was ready to cut a second leafe. Then after he was attacked by a Tiger. The Tiger took a away the dead body about three kilometers into the Sundarban. We rescued the dead body and come back.

It was a very Terrible incident because The Tiger was walking to behind us when we curried one the dead body

Author: Sk.Liaquat Hossain (Bangladesh Forest Depertment)