The Minister of Environment and Forests had committed to increasing its budget for tiger protection but given the change of government since, we can only hope the successor government will respect these commitments. WWF can only operate with the permission of regional and national governments who have primary responsibility for protected areas in the country. WWF balances the needs of both people and wildlife and believes that the needs of people must be integrated with conservation. In fact we spend millions of pounds each year helping alleviate poverty through our conservation work. A major aspect of our conservation work involve ecodevelopment projects which seek to help communities living on the fringes of national parks to help them find alternative livelihoods to decrease their reliance on the parks' resources.
Tigers eat people.
This is generally when there is a decline in their prey base. This is all the more reason why efforts should be made to conserve their habitat and prey. Resolving conflicts between wildlife and people is a challenge that WWF addresses daily through a wide variety of field projects. If a tiger becomes a man-eater, then WWF supports appropriate action to remove the animal by local authorities. Families of victims should receive compensation following such an incident.