The story of transformation - of how wildlife poachers of the Mogia tribe, became its protectors
After driving through the tall, golden grasses of the Ranthambore forest area (Mansingh forest area) for quite some time, we spotted a hut, which was strange, considering that it was a forest area where tigers and leopards could be on the prowl. The two kids joyously running around the trees, on seeing us, ushered their mother from the hut towards our jeep. After we enquired as to why they were staying in the Jungle, one of the children (a little girl) replied, “My dad’s name is Lakhan Singh. He was a poacher. We lived inside the jungles. He was caught by the police and taken away. After he came back, we moved out of the jungle and made a hut in this area.” Intrigued by the father’s background, I hopped out of the jeep and waited for Lakhan Singh, the ex-poacher!
After half an hour of waiting, I was sitting across Lakhan Singh. Tall, lanky and in his mid-forty’s, he belonged to the Mogia tribe, a tribe of poachers, partly responsible for the dwindling number of tigers in Ranthambore. Mogias are traditional hunters, especially of tigers. For generations, the tribe has been thriving in dense forests and are meat eaters.What initially was a practice to fill their stomachs later started fetching them big bucks. With animal trade becoming rampant around Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, the Mogias turned towards poaching and smuggling of the skin and bones of tigers, wild boars, chinkaras etc. “I had learnt to hunt when I was a kid. And when I grew up, I became a part of a group that killed animals for money,” explained Lakhan. In 2002, when the tiger count in Ranthambore reached an alarming figure, for the first time, the forest department set up a dedicated squad and increased their vigil to nab the poachers.
After driving through the tall, golden grasses of the Ranthambore forest area (Mansingh forest area) for quite some time, we spotted a hut, which was strange, considering that it was a forest area where tigers and leopards could be on the prowl. The two kids joyously running around the trees, on seeing us, ushered their mother from the hut towards our jeep. After we enquired as to why they were staying in the Jungle, one of the children (a little girl) replied, “My dad’s name is Lakhan Singh. He was a poacher. We lived inside the jungles. He was caught by the police and taken away. After he came back, we moved out of the jungle and made a hut in this area.” Intrigued by the father’s background, I hopped out of the jeep and waited for Lakhan Singh, the ex-poacher!
After half an hour of waiting, I was sitting across Lakhan Singh. Tall, lanky and in his mid-forty’s, he belonged to the Mogia tribe, a tribe of poachers, partly responsible for the dwindling number of tigers in Ranthambore. Mogias are traditional hunters, especially of tigers. For generations, the tribe has been thriving in dense forests and are meat eaters.What initially was a practice to fill their stomachs later started fetching them big bucks. With animal trade becoming rampant around Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, the Mogias turned towards poaching and smuggling of the skin and bones of tigers, wild boars, chinkaras etc. “I had learnt to hunt when I was a kid. And when I grew up, I became a part of a group that killed animals for money,” explained Lakhan. In 2002, when the tiger count in Ranthambore reached an alarming figure, for the first time, the forest department set up a dedicated squad and increased their vigil to nab the poachers.
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