The number of Bengal Tigers are gradually reducing in Bangladeshi part of the Sundarbans, the world 's largest mangrove forests and 180 kms southwest of capital Dhaka, due to the adverse impact of climate change, Xinhua reported.
Officials said increased salinity in rivers of the world's largest mangrove forests, rising temperature and the poachers' unscrupulous trade on the tigers' skins are the main reasons to force them to leave their usual habitats and also changed the behaviors of the majestic tigers, making them more ferocious now than ever before, national news agency BSS reported on Sunday.
The forest officials believe that tigers are suffering from various diseases for drinking saline water in the Sundarbans, the largest habitat of Bengal Tiger in Bangladesh where they are being increasingly endangered due to climate change and other impacts of natural calamities. They said that at least three tigers die on an average in the Sundarbans every year due to various diseases and killing.
According to the forest officials, Bengal Tigers will extinct if the present trend of the reasons behind their deaths continue unabated.
Divisional Forest Officer Abani Bhusan Tagore said Sunday the total number of tigers and calves in the Bangladeshi part of the Sundarbans stood at around 500 as per the census carried out from Feb. 26 to March 3 in 2004.
Mihir Kumar, another Divisional Forest Officer, said increase in the salinity in water under the adverse impact of climate change and other reasons is not only damaging different species of trees, but also rapidly changing the normal behavior of tigers.
Number of Bengal Tiger in Bangladesh reduces due to climate change
The number of Bengal Tigers are gradually reducing in Bangladeshi part of the Sundarbans, the world 's largest mangrove forests and 180 kms southwest of capital Dhaka, due to the adverse impact of climate change.
