Poverty and poaching go hand in hand. Is it realistic to hope for an end to poaching as long as a sizeable number of people in the country remain poor? 
Given a choice, most people will not indulge in illegal activities. Poor people living on the fringes of good wildlife habitat oft en turn to poaching, or assisting professional poachers, not because they want to but because otherwise their families would starve. And of course there are also ‘bad hats’ in every community and society to encourage this. We have let down forest fringe dwellers by not off erring them alternatives and opportunities to better their situation. Corruption plays a large part in this, for even where there are schemes to help these communities, they oft en do not benefit the people they are supposed to. In Ranthambhor, for instance, a tiger poacher confessed that he had used the money he made to buy gift s for his family and to organise a puja for his dead grandmother’s soul.
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Given a choice, most people will not indulge in illegal activities. Poor people living on the fringes of good wildlife habitat oft en turn to poaching, or assisting professional poachers, not because they want to but because otherwise their families would starve. And of course there are also ‘bad hats’ in every community and society to encourage this. We have let down forest fringe dwellers by not off erring them alternatives and opportunities to better their situation. Corruption plays a large part in this, for even where there are schemes to help these communities, they oft en do not benefit the people they are supposed to. In Ranthambhor, for instance, a tiger poacher confessed that he had used the money he made to buy gift s for his family and to organise a puja for his dead grandmother’s soul.
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007
An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative
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