A WAKE-UP CALL FROM THE WILD
One of the scores of camera traps inside Rajasthan’s Ranthambore National Park clicked a photograph early December that shocked both wildlife officials and activists. It showed a tiger struggling in a wire snare. The big cat was immediately tracked down by officials, tranquilised, rescued from the snare and released into the forest.
The incident has served as another wake-up call for the state’s wildlife establishment, a grim reminder of the poaching activity inside the 1,334 sq.km national park in Sawai Madhopur, arguably India’s top tiger reserve. Acting promptly after this incident came to light, Shruti Sharma, Rajasthan’s
