There has been significant rise in tiger population in Assam and Andhra Pradesh since the last tiger census. While the tiger population in Assam has increased to 200 in 2021 from 159 in 2018, in Andhra Pradesh it increased from 47 to 63 since the All India Tiger Estimation-2018. Moreover, three of Assam’s Tiger reserves- Kaziranga, Manas, and Orang, have also received the accreditation of the Global Conservation Assured/Tiger Standards (CA/TS) this month. This certification is done on the basis of meeting the criterion of effective management of target species for successful tiger conservation At present, there are 121 big cats in Kaziranga, 48 in Manas, 28 in Orang, and three in Nameri tiger reserves. Assam and Madhya Pradesh are the only two states in the country where three t...
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The Telangana Forest Department has said there are 14 tigers in the Amrabad Tiger Reserve as against 12 recorded in 2019. The Amrabad reserve is home to the highest population of tigers in the State. The latest findings on the presence of the big cats cameout during the phase-IV monitoring carried out in 2020- 21, according to an official release. "During the phase-IV census in 2019, there were 12 identified tigers. In the phase-IV monitoring in 2020-21, the number increased to 14..." it said. Phase-IV monitoring is being conducted as part of the exercise in every tiger reserve across the country. !function(e,t,c,a){if(!e.fwn&&(a="fwn_script",n=e.fwn=function(){ n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments) },e._fwn||(e._fwn=n),n.qu...
Read MoreMadhya Pradesh has lost 290 tigers over the last 19 years but the central Indian state still has more than 675 tigers, including 125 cubs, in the designated reserves and in the wild, a top Forest department official said on Monday. Claiming that the population of tigers has actually "gone up", he said Madhya Pradesh will continue to remain the "tiger state of India". The official said only five per cent of the deaths of big cats had occurred due to poaching or in man-animal conflicts. Most of the deaths of the tigers occurred either in territorial fights or due to natural causes, he added. "Madhya Pradesh has lost 290 tigers so far since 2002," Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Alok Kumar said. However, there are 550 big cats in tiger reserves in Kanha, Ban...
Read MoreIndia’s efforts at tiger conservation received a major boost with the latest census report showing a heartening increase in numbers. The Status of Tigers in India-2018 report by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, released on Monday showed that the adult tiger population in India currently stands at 2,967. This represents a 33% increase over the 2014 figures which stood at 2,226. Tiger occupancy has increased in the state of Madhya Pradesh, which ranks highest in tiger population along with Karnataka. India is now estimated to be home to around 70% of the world's tigers. The fourth cycle of National tiger status assessment of 2018-19 covered 381,400 km of forested habitats in 20 states of India. A foot survey of 522,996 km was don...
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