Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that India had been able to increase its tigers numbers thanks to “people’s participation” and the country’s “culture of conservation”
India's wild tiger population is estimated to now exceed 3,600, according to new government figures that vindicate conservation efforts for the endangered species.
Tigers once roamed throughout central, eastern and southern Asia, but have lost nearly 95 percent of their historical range in the past century. India is currently home to 75 percent of the world's tigers, and the country declared its population of the big cats had risen to 3,167 in April after a camera-based survey.
Further analysis of the same survey data by the Wildlife Institute of India found that average tiger numbers were better estimated at 3,682 across the country, the government said in a press release on Saturday.
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