Bone-Chilling Moment As Tiger Comes Face-To-Face With Safari Vehicle Full Of Tourists & Growls
A tiger can be seen getting too close for comfort to a tourist vehicle. The entire episode has been caught on camera and the video of the incident was shared on Twitter by Susanta Nanda of the Indian Forest Service.
In a rather scary video coming from a central Indian tiger reserve, a tiger can be seen getting too close for comfort to a tourist vehicle. The entire episode has been caught on camera and the video of the incident was shared on Twitter by Susanta Nanda of the Indian Forest Service.
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In the 20-second video, the tiger, with a loud roar, is seen proceeding towards the safari jeep full of anxious tourists. Frightened, the driver of the jeep reverses his vehicle as the tiger walks towards it.
¡°Tiger growls to mark its presence," Nanda write in the tweet. Tourists in the vehicle can also be heard asking the driver to back up after the tiger's warning roar.
Tiger growls to mark its presence. Communicating to the world that the area belongs to him. Still the tourists were waiting. From a central Indian TR ?? pic.twitter.com/m6n6c5xYNd
¡ª Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) March 4, 2020
Soon after the video went viral, many weren't amused with the way humans intruded into the wild animal's habitat. ¡°Nice video, however, background score of people should stop. I wonder what makes these people talk. It¡¯s not like every day we get to see tiger,¡± says a Twitter user.
¡°Trespassers will be prosecuted,¡± comments a second. ¡°This is dangerous,¡± writes a third.
The trend of 'ecotourism' has soared over the decades in India and many conservationists are concerned over the impact these wildlife safaris have on the health of the Tiger population.
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According to The New Indian Express, the 10 most-visited tiger reserves receive nearly two lakh visitors per year on average. Much research show that poorly managed tiger tourism, especially where humans come too close in contact with the wild animal just for the sake of good pictures, puts too much stress on the animal.
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has directed all tiger reserves (TR) to strictly adhere to its 2012 guidelines, according to which they are not to allow vehicles to crowd around tigers and maintain a distance of 500m between vehicles.
