India and Bangladesh, which share the world’s largest and continuous mangrove forest, are working together for better protection of its top predator, reports telegraphindia.com. A team of 12 students — called Tiger Scouts — from two schools in Kultali, South 24-Parganas, visited Bangladesh between February 4 and 9. Modelled on Bangladesh, two Sunderbans education centres in Kultali started training tiger scouts a little over a year ago. A team of tiger scouts and Bagh Bondhus from Bengal went to Joymoni in Bagerhat district in Bangladesh. According to the last survey conducted in Bangladesh in 2018, there were 114 tigers in the Sundarban in Bangladesh.

Source: The Telegraph February 13, 2024 05:39 UTC