Summary The war between leopards and the people of Mumbai has been steadily escalating for a decade. To date, the leopards have killed 50 Mumbaians, and the Mumbaians have killed 250 leopards. The leopards are being lured into the city chasing slum dogs. The number of strays has doubled in the last decade. There may be as many as half a million dogs now living in Mumbai's slums. As a result Mumbai has half of the human rabies on earth. The dog population is rocketing because they've gained unfettered access to the city's garbage heaps. There's plenty to go round - over 500 tonnes of garbage is dumped on the heaps each day. But it wasn't always like this. Ten years ago the dogs couldn't get on to the dumps. They were occupied by a rival scavenger - the vulture. But ten years ago there were 85 million vultures in India. Today the vultures are nowhere to be seen. 99% of India's vultures have vanished. "In a single decade they've undergone the most rapid population collapse of any animal in recorded history." Richard Cuthbert, RSPB. What has caused this catastrophe and wiped out the garbage-men of the natural world in India?
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Ella Kenion Demetri Goritsas
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Sep 6, 2010
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : Tigress Productions
Summary The war between leopards and the people of Mumbai has been steadily escalating for a decade. To date, the leopards have killed 50 Mumbaians, and the Mumbaians have killed 250 leopards. The leopards are being lured into the city chasing slum dogs. The number of strays has doubled in the last decade. There may be as many as half a million dogs now living in Mumbai's slums. As a result Mumbai has half of the human rabies on earth. The dog population is rocketing because they've gained unfettered access to the city's garbage heaps. There's plenty to go round - over 500 tonnes of garbage is dumped on the heaps each day. But it wasn't always like this. Ten years ago the dogs couldn't get on to the dumps. They were occupied by a rival scavenger - the vulture. But ten years ago there were 85 million vultures in India. Today the vultures are nowhere to be seen. 99% of India's vultures have vanished. "In a single decade they've undergone the most rapid population collapse of any animal in recorded history." Richard Cuthbert, RSPB. What has caused this catastrophe and wiped out the garbage-men of the natural world in India?
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Sep 6, 2010
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : Tigress Productions
