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Forest Officer Shares Alarming Clip Of Tiger Inspecting A Plastic Bag, Urges Reserve Visitors To Be Responsible

Plastic products end up clogging waterways and are also consumed by many animals, which ultimately endangers their health and may also lead to death. To highlight the problem, forest officer Susanta Nanda shared an alarming clip on Twitter.

Authored by: TN Viral Desk

Updated Jun 12, 2023 | 04:19 PM IST

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Tiger inspects plastic in forest.

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The clip shows a tiger sniffing and inspecting a piece of plastic in a forest area.
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.

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.

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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.

Even forests are not free of plastic pollution as people who visit wild areas throw their wastes in ground instead of bins.

In other words, plastic wastes have now infiltrated remote wildlife areas that once pristine.

As a result, plastic products end up clogging water ways and are also consumed by many animals, which ultimately endangers their health and may also lead to death.

While ban on single-use plastics in many reserves and imposition of fines on who litter forests has reduced the menace in some parts, total eradication of the issue will only be possible with total co-operation from tourists and reserve visitors.

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.

Much like Nanda, netizens too said the situation is concerning and the authorites should bring in stricter laws to control the plastic problem.

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.

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