India now has 2,226 tigers, a 30% rise since 2010 Wednesday, 21 January 2015 - 6:35am IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: dna Nikhil M Ghanekar India has registered a rise of 30 per cent in its tiger population with the estimated numbers across 47 tiger reserves now at 2,226 from 1,706 in 2010, according to the Status of Tigers in India, 2014 preliminary report on tiger population estimation. The increase in population makes India home to 70 per cent of the worlds tiger population, said Prakash Javadekar, union minister for environment, forests and climate change (MoEF&CC) while releasing the report on Tuesday. The national estimation of tigers, their prey, co-predators and their habitat is carried out every four years. The rise in numbers also prompted Javadekar to say that India may loan tigers to other countries in the future. An informal request has come from Cambodia and Laos demanding tigers, said Rajesh Gopal, head, National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). dnaindia/india/report-india-now-has-2226-tigers-a-30-rise-since-2010-2054353
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 02:16:24 +0000
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