Here today, Gone tomorrow

Less than a hundred years ago, there were an estimated 100,000 tigers in the wild. Today, numbers are down to less than 2500 mature breeding animals.

My first experience of being distressed at the losing battle was my recent trip to Sanjay Gandhi National Park (or Borivili National Park) in Mumbai. The big cats there were in a pitiful condition (more on them in a future post) and left both of us pretty upset after the 'safari' (where the cages were pelted with stones by the 'tour guide' to get the tigers and lions to come out for our benefit).

We've then become acutely aware of the situation with each passing day. It's as if our eyes (mine, certainly) have been forcibly opened wide and we can no longer pretend that it's not bothering us.

After months of debating on what we can do about the situation, this is then where we've begun. This blog is the first step in creating awareness about the desperate situation. We'll put up links to other groups and websites, ongoing projects, petitions and campaigns and post contact details in case you want to take up the cause as well.