Tiger sighting in Indian forests guaranteed this season

Published on : Wednesday, January 21, 2015

TigerIndia was also called the land of tigers not merely because of its brave and daring citizens but because of the tiger population that dwelled in the Jungles. People from around the world come with great expectations of catching sight of the wild beast but now they are more than likely to catch of glimpse of this being ‘burning brightly’, in the forests of India.

 

There has been a remarkable rise in the tiger population almost 30 per cent according to the tiger census which estimated 2,226 tigers compared to 1,706 in 2010.The rise spans in five of India’s 18 tiger range states. Among the five the count is still in two.

 

The rise has taken place in a period of four years where wildlife biologists have worked in clearing the core areas from human interference of reserve forests with effective forest management.

 

In 2008 The National Tiger Conservation Authority took immediate action in rehabilitating people living in the core areas of tiger reserve. This policy has provided enough space for the tigers to grow. Anti- poaching activities have also helped in the increase of tigers in Indian forests.

 

 

Tiger population has increased in several states like Bihar, Karnataka, Uttarakhand where there were concerns of the loss of tiger habitat.

 

The tiger conservation practices in India have set examples for international agencies to follow. The tigers have been monitored by 9,735 cameras strategically positioned across reserves and forest areas, surveyed over 378,000sqkm in the 18 states.

 

The tiger count has however dropped in states of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and in Uttar Pradesh.

 

The Western Ghats landscape is home to the world’s highest concentration of tigers in a single zone. Tigers are found in four different sanctuaries Bandipur-Mudumalai-Nagarhole-Waynad – in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala have 570 tigers or the world’s highest concentration of tigers in a single zone.

 

Tiger population in the Sunderbans registers a rise of six from seventy in 2010. The tiger and prey population has reached equilibrium. The cheetah and wild boars which are its main prey find it difficult to exist in Sunderbans.

 

Wild tiger population had shrunk due to loss of forests which were replaced by farmlands, towns, roads, mining, and people. Dropping by an estimated 50, 000 almost two centuries ago 1,411 in 2006.Now tigers occupy less than 10 per cent of the landscape they once occupied. Cambodia has expressed wished to acquire Indian tigers.

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