Provocative Article.

[Vikram Nanjappa]

This article has generated a lot of debate of the " yours " and " mine " variety which unfortunately misses the point that the writer tried to make which is that overcrowding of our protected areas has resulted in a deterioration of the overall wildlife experience and that we should ensure that it is not repeated in other areas.


http://churumuri.wordpress.com/2009/...r-ranthambore/

What is your take on it. ( the wordings of the last para and the title are however unfortunate ).

[Roopak Gangadharan]

The article is provocative, in bad taste and can at the best be the musings of an insensitive individual. If the author was trying to draw attention to Park management he might as well have brought that out in simple plain words on how the enforcement of rules (the incursions allowed as a part of Wild life tourism included ) is stringent is some and is not so in others and the effect this has on its wildlife rather than the joy humans derive out of this. Instead he choose to draw comparisons between the experiences of seeing a tiger in one park to another. How can a single experience of an individual become the benchmark for comparing the efficiency of park management or for that matter the relative joy of watching an animal in the wild. If this same person had seen the same tiger while on a noisy bus ride conducted by the FD in Nagarhole will that in any way diminish the beauty of the animal or the effectiveness of the Park management

He doesn’t stop there and goes on to add a North –South angle to it. If highlighting the Bigger issue through Contrast was what he had in mind, he has a poorly managed park right next to Nagarhole . Comparisons are required to bring out the Pros of good park management and to Highlight the good work of dedicated individuals and such comparisons have to be specific and supported by facts and figures. Generalisation of this kind will only do more harm than any good. Perhaps the authors doesn’t know that some tigers have been named even in Nagarhole and as to “ Wild / Domesticated " aspect where will one stand if comparisons are initiated between tigers in the sunderbans with others. A tiger in the wild is an unbelievable sight anytime any where, be it north south east or west. What we nature lovers, being a small and unimportant fraternity in the general scheme of things in a third world democracy need, is greater Participation, Cooperation, Tolerance and unity . Articles of this kind will definitely not help.