India | Tiger management authority calls for upgrading wildlife sanctuary to tiger reserve

Panaji, Feb 11 (IANS) Recommending upgradation of Goa''s Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary to a Tiger Reserve, a National Tiger Conservation Authority report has said, that mismanagement of the protected area could make the sanctuary a death-trap for tigers.

The report, which was commissioned by the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests after the poisoning of four tigers in January, also said that nothing was well with management of the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary.

https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/ntca-tiger-death-probe-goa-may-become-deathtrap-for-tigers/1731246

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