Bhopal tigers
The growing presence of Bhopal tigers around the state capital is sparking alarm. Reports confirm around four to five Bhopal tigers regularly roaming city outskirts, sometimes venturing dangerously close to residential areas. Recently, one was spotted near an educational institution, attacking a youth who survived only because friends intervened.
Forest officials claim fencing is the solution, yet this strategy is hopeless. Six kilometers of barriers have been erected, but the forest area is far too vast to be sealed. Tigers will always find their way around human-made boundaries. Instead of securing safe dispersal routes and habitat connectivity, the forest department wastes money on cosmetic fixes. Conservation depends on maintaining tiger corridors, not building fences that fragment habitats further.
Bhopal tigers are not strays—they are territorial animals displaced by shrinking forest space. Panic among residents is understandable, but the response must be ecological, not political. Without genuine long-term solutions, Bhopal risks deeper conflict while ignoring why tigers reach city edges.
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Based on Free Press Journal, India.
Photo via FPJ.
