Endangered Animals

When is the last time you saw a Bengal tiger? Was it in a zoo or other animal park? Though these animals are confined and locked up, they may also be safer than their counterparts in the wild. The Bengal tiger lives in places of central India. This group of tigers is the last of thousands that used to live there hundreds of years ago. The Bengal tiger is now endangered.

What has happened to the Bengal tiger? The tigers have been hunted and poached until they are now endangered. The Indian government has passed laws to protect these animals. People are not allowed to enter the 23 tiger reserves across India. The reserves are home to approximately 3,000 tigers. Because of these new laws, many of these tigers have survived illegal hunting and poaching.

Many of the natives that live near these tiger reserves are concerned and angry. They understand the importance of saving these tigers, but in the meantime, these people are going without food and other resources they used to get in the tiger reserves. The natives insist that they are not a threat to the tigers. Can these two groups really live together without endangering the tiger? And if people are let back into the reserves, how can the government ensure that their intentions are pure? All of these concerns and issues need to be addressed.