These traps are immensely strong. In a tiger poaching case near Raipur in 1994, it took six adult men to open a trap. In one area in central India, investigators found that so many steel traps had been set that the villagers were fearful of going into the forest. People have received dreadful injuries from these traps. Firearms are used where hunting can be carried out with little hindrance.
Tiger poaching occurs in all areas where large number of tigers have been recorded.
Poaching is particularly prevalent in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The two offenders are sitting on the ground. The two offenders are sitting on the ground. Much more is still to be learnt about the international links in the tiger bone and skin trade. Using road and rail transport, tiger parts are shipped by a network of traders to obscure border stations.