Dead tigers

I read with interest the article 'Death of two tigers: Immature science in immature hands?' in your newspaper on Friday February 22nd.
As the producer of the BBC film 'Ganges' which is referred to in the article I would like to correct several inaccuracies.
1. In the film we do not comment that both of the tigers that have been radio-collared in the Sundarbans showed abnormal behaviour that may have been caused by darting or radio-collaring. We refer to only one tiger and repeat the often-quoted speculation that one reason why Sundarbans tigers may be less fearful of people than other tigers is that their behaviour is altered by occasionally drinking brackish water.
2. The photograph which you reproduced from the film does not show a wild boar preying on a tiger. I have talked to a number of tiger scientists about this and there are absolutely no reports of any such behaviour ever having been reported anywhere. Wild boars have very poor eyesight and they walk very close by the sleeping tiger without noticing it. When it did notice the tiger the boar was initially startled and then ran away. I know this to be true as this account was told to me first-hand by the cameraman who filmed this footage - the only person to have witnessed this event.
3. We are not 'showing worldwide the last scenes of that pathetic tigress'. We filmed an old tigress lying down and resting. It is not apparently dying or in distress and these shots are not used in a context in any way related to the issue of radio-collaring.