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Explained: Why the tiger population in India is increasing | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: Why the tiger population in India is increasing | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Vivek Deshpande |Updated: July 30, 2019 7:02:28 pm

Explained: Why the tiger population in India is increasing

Tiger census report: What are the key takeaways from the tiger census? Which parts of India have done the best and the worst in the conservation effort? How did the exercise reach its estimates? How reliable are they?

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In the Tadoba-Andhari reserve in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur in 2017. (Express Photo: Prashant Nadkar)


The four-year tiger census report, Status of Tigers in India, 2018, released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, shows numbers of the big cat have increased across all landscapes. The total count has risen to 2,967 from 2,226 in 2014 — an increase of 741 individuals (aged more than one year), or 33%, in four years.

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