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Week Ten
第10周
晚练
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For 22 years vet,Akhilesh Mishra has been treating animals at Pench National Park in Madhya Pradesh
state in India.A tiger's life is not easy,he says,particularly for the females:"For me the tigress is much stronger
than the male tiger.She fights so fearlessly for her cubs.She is a goddess-ready to take on a huge tiger who
tries to harm her cubs."The tigers he treats have mostly been injured while hunting,or protecting their cubs.
But he has also treated tigers that have been poisoned by poachers.
So a new system is being developed which can give rangers the best routes for patrolling the vast areas under
their watch.It does that by analyzing data about the tiger population,how it moves,and the local landscape.While
more technology is good to have,those working in conservation say it can't replace boots on the ground.
Tiger conservation has been successful in protected parks,but tigers outside these areas remain "extremely
vulnerable",says Debi Goenka."Unless we are able to expand our protected area network and our wildlife
corridors,the tiger population is not likely to increase.What is really needed is more field patrolling and
better use of technology for monitoring and protection.The use of drones,camera traps,real-time tracking
of poachers,and use of metal detectors for locating traps needs to be increased.These are more crucial than
ever,as tigers and humans come into closer nearness."
As the tiger population has grown,so has its contact with humans,particularly as the local population is
invading the forests where tigers live and hunt."Hunting of livestock and attacks on human beings has led to a
negative perception about tigers,"Sunil Limaye says.Tigers are particularly vulnerable when they move from
one forested area to another.He hopes that AI can come in to play here and help predict the movement of tigers
at the forest periphery.But human rangers will still be needed."It is still not possible for Al to replace human
intelligence,