Forest Officer Shares Alarming Clip Of Tiger Inspecting A Plastic Bag, Urges Reserve Visitors To Be Responsibl
KEY HIGHLIGHTS The clip shows a tiger sniffing and inspecting a piece of plastic in a forest area.
The degrading effect of plastic use can be seen all around us every day.
As they are non-biodegradable, they end up occupying landfills all over the world.
Plastic deposits of equal quantity, if not more, are also found in our water bodies. The oceans now have huge deposits that adversely affect marine life.
In other words, plastic wastes have now infiltrated remote wildlife areas that once pristine.
To highlight the problem, forest officer Susanta Nanda shared an alarming clip on Twitter.
The clip shows a tiger sniffing and inspecting a piece of plastic in a forest area.
Spare the tiger reserves. Plastics are entering to the food chain of the apex predators in the least expected areas covering less than 2.25% of our total geographic area. Be responsible pic.twitter.com/MpSUcwr3x2 -- Susanta Nanda (@susantananda3) June 10, 2023
Nanda wrote that plastic wastes have now started entering the food chain of the apex predators in the least expected areas.
He urged visitors to be responsible and keep tiger reserves free from any plastic wastes.
"Spare the tiger reserves. Plastics are entering to the food chain of the apex predators in the least expected areas covering less than 2.25% of our total geographic area. Be responsible," he wrote.
A user wrote, "Neither government nor people of India willing to stop use of plastic. It's a SHAME."
"Thanks for this shot & posting. This is indeed very alarming. Once in a national park I found an open disposable syringe on the ground. I deposited it after safari at the warden office with a complain. Still have the pic somewhere. Can there be stricter control?" wrote another.