Bangladesh police kill 6 alleged tiger poachers in gunfight

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Bangladesh police kill 6 alleged tiger poachers in gunfight
JULHAS ALAM, Associated Press

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police on Sunday killed six suspected tiger poachers in the world's largest mangrove forest in southwestern Bangladesh, home to critically endangered Royal Bengal tigers.

Local police official Harendranath Sarker said authorities recovered six bodies following a gunfight with a gang of suspected poachers in the Sundarbans mangrove forest. The 10,000-square-kilometer (3,860-square-mile) forest straddles Bangladesh and India, and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Sarker said authorities found the skins of three adult tigers and seized firearms from the suspects.

Some local media reported that the suspects were arrested in different parts of the forest before they were killed, but police said they died during the raid.

Some 440 tigers were recorded in the Sundarbans forest in a 2004 census based on collecting tigers' paw prints, but a year-long survey that ended in April 2015 using video cameras estimated the current tiger population at between 83 and 130, averaging about 106.

Bangladeshi forest officials say the new estimate is more accurate because of the use of cameras. They and other experts say poaching is a major reason for the decline of the tiger population.


-- (c) Associated Press 2015-08-10

[HeijoshinCool]

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… authorities recovered six bodies following a gunfight ...

How unthoughtful.

Should of left them for the kitties.

[circusman]

It is a losing fight. Soon all wild cats will be dead. But they breed easily in captivity so zoos will always have some. So sad.

[likewise]

right, as long as some people think it is beautiful or "chique" to get their hands on these kinds of items, or people whom think they will get special powers or get healed by rhino horn and such it is a losing battle. Actually they should put these people in the wild and we can hunt them for the fun of it.

Sad really that human race manages to extinct a species of animals .

[Colabamumbai]

Too bad that the American dentist was not one of them.

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

Well done, Bangadesh police! Way to go!!! If the poachers' skins are on sale, I'd place a bid - need to get some new lamp shades, boots and a few other leather items done, thus the poacher skin would come in quite handy

[Jimlove]

Maybe this Bangladesh Police could start to charge the murderers of the 4 (four) bloggers but dont hold your breath as they were blogging against the Islamists ...

[Ulic]

These poachers will not be missed.