Suspected tiger poachers killed in Bangladesh police raid

Police within the southwestern Bangladeshi metropolis of Koyra Upazila stated the suspected poachers have been killed within the close by Sunderbans nature space, a UNESCO World Heritage website that’s house to a big inhabitants of the endangered animals.

Local authorities have recently expressed their will to put resources and man-power to fight against poaching of the Bengal tiger, which is considered a species at risk of extinction.

Mohammad Moniruzzaman, police deputy inspector general in Khulna, told Xinhua news agency some of the poachers had been arrested, prompting others to open fire.

A current authorities survey discovered that there are about 106 tigers left within the Bangladeshi a part of the Sundarbans, which stretch into India.

He said police found the skins of three adult Bengal tigers, measuring 3.5 metres, and seized four rifles and a pistol.

However doubts were raised immediately after the census.

According to him, the meandering rivers and canals in the area have become a major haunt for poachers.

“They now sell tiger bones, meat and skin for a lot of money”, he said, adding a lack of law enforcement and of monitoring inside the forest had contributed to the rise in poaching.

There are now fewer than 2,300 Bengal tigers left in the wild – mainly in India and Bangladesh, but with smaller populations in Nepal, Bhutan, China and Myanmar (Burma).