Forest Dept. no closer to solving problem of cattle grazing in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
The Hindu
Regulated grazing will be beneficial, says conservationist
Three months since the capture of MDT23, a tiger believed to have been responsible for the deaths of at least two cattle grazers in Gudalur and the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR), the Forest Department is yet to come up with policies to manage grazing in the core and buffer areas of the reserve.
Over the last two years, three cattle herders have been killed in problematic interactions with tigers in the MTR. While the department has tolerated cattle grazing in the MTR buffer zone by local communities, recent reports from local residents living in the reserve indicate that people are also being allowed to graze their cattle in parts of the core area.
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