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Machli died
9 years ago
Some more tiger news but here the bad news covers a wonderful truth.
Machli, the 'Queen of Ranthambor' died at 20 years of age, a natural death and one where they were able to take out and ( presumably ) bury the body. 20 years is a long full life for a tiger and that she died naturally and not to a poachers bullet is a great victory and a sign of hope that we're making progress towards a day where the vast majority of tigers die natural deaths at the end of long lives.
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In sharing this news I'm invariably reminded of the death of another long lived tigress, that ended differently and tragically for all involved. Olga was a Siberian Tigress, the first one collared for the Siberian Tiger Project and was at the time the longest continuously studied tiger. In 2005 at 14 years of age she was shot, poached, after so long beating the odds that see most tigers dead by the age of 7.
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Finally to avoid painting too bleak a picture there's the relatively recent news of wild tiger numbers being on the rise, perhaps. It should be cautious optimism at this point and not full on celebration as differing ways of counting tigers ( we've gotten better at this thanks to camera traps and experience ) have likely lead to this rise. Regardless the fact that numbers aren't declining enough to surpass measurement error on previous counts itself is mildly good news and points to a likely stabilizing of the population.
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Machli, the 'Queen of Ranthambor' died at 20 years of age, a natural death and one where they were able to take out and ( presumably ) bury the body. 20 years is a long full life for a tiger and that she died naturally and not to a poachers bullet is a great victory and a sign of hope that we're making progress towards a day where the vast majority of tigers die natural deaths at the end of long lives.
Link to article
In sharing this news I'm invariably reminded of the death of another long lived tigress, that ended differently and tragically for all involved. Olga was a Siberian Tigress, the first one collared for the Siberian Tiger Project and was at the time the longest continuously studied tiger. In 2005 at 14 years of age she was shot, poached, after so long beating the odds that see most tigers dead by the age of 7.
Link to article
Finally to avoid painting too bleak a picture there's the relatively recent news of wild tiger numbers being on the rise, perhaps. It should be cautious optimism at this point and not full on celebration as differing ways of counting tigers ( we've gotten better at this thanks to camera traps and experience ) have likely lead to this rise. Regardless the fact that numbers aren't declining enough to surpass measurement error on previous counts itself is mildly good news and points to a likely stabilizing of the population.
Link to article
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At least you sprinkled some good news in there c: