Global News - June 2008
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Indian tigers to be protected by satellite tracking system
Mon 23 June 2008 14:00 UK — Asia,Big Cats
A pair of Indian tiger cubs are to be monitored using space-age technology when they are moved to their new home.
The Times of India reported that the young tigers are to be moved to Sariska Tiger Reserve in the near future and that experts will use a satellite tracking system to make sure the big cats do not fall prey to poachers.
With the support of Nasa, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and French space agency CNES, the Argos system uses radio collars to let scientists monitor rare and endangered species.
It is hoped that monitoring the tigers will allow experts to check that their move from Ranthambore Tiger Reserve proceeds smoothly.
The relocation is part of a wider effort to reintroduce tigers into Sariska. The big cats were wiped out in the Rajasthan sanctuary in 1993.
Recently, the Press Trust of India reported that officials in the country were concerned that staff shortages at national parks were putting the country's tigers at risk from poachers.
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