In Bangladesh, tigers are being killed by the local 'mafia'

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There are many reasons why people might want to kill a tiger, not the least of which is self-defence, but in Bangladesh the killings have a surprising motive



By Niki Rust

2 November 2016


Even today, people still kill tigers and other endangered species. One of the most important questions to ask is why they do it, because it is only by understanding people's motives that we might change their behaviour.

Globally, tigers are an endangered species. Bangladesh was once a stronghold for them, but today it is home to barely 100. Many of the survivors cling on in the country's south, in the vast mangrove forests known as the Sundarbans.

During the British colonial period, hunting dramatically reduced the Sundarbans tiger population. Hunting was outlawed in 1974, but since then poaching has taken a severe toll on the Sundarbans tigers.

A study published in the journal Oryx in October 2016 by Samia Saif of the University of Kent in Canterbury, UK and her colleagues suggests that there are four main motives behind tiger poaching in the Sundarbans.

More:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161101-in-bangladesh-tigers-are-being-killed-by-the-local-mafia

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