The much ‘seen’ tiger A2 moving in Bellampally forest area of Mancherial district at present seems to have created the much desired awareness among common people about the behaviour of big cats, one of the most important aspect of conservation. “This is because the people have realised that the big cat does not cause any harm to human life and left to itself it will eventually go into the forest,” a field-level forest staffer opined. People seem to have realised that left to themselves, tigers do not harm humans,” he observed. “The Forest Department can actually use the case of A2 as an example to create further awareness among forest communities that they can coexist with tigers. In fact people should be told that forests and the biodiversity is much safer if tigers are around,” a Forest Department officer opined.

Source: The Hindu May 31, 2020 15:29 UTC