NEW DELHI: India is now home to nearly 3,000 tigers, a third more than it had four years ago, according to the latest tiger census.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who presented the findings on Monday, said the tiger population had risen from 2,226 in 2014 to 2,967 in 2018.
He added that India is “now one of the biggest and most secure habitats of the tiger”.
India is now estimated to be home to around 70% of the world’s tigers.
The results of the just declared tiger census would make every Indian, every nature lover happy.
Nine long years ago, it was decided in St. Petersburg that the target of doubling the tiger population would be 2022. We in India completed this target four years early: PM
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 29, 2019
India counts its tigers once every four years – it’s a long, arduous task that involves forest officials and scientists trekking across half a million square kilometres (193,000 sq miles)
looking for evidence of the tiger population.
India estimates its tiger population every four years. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the tiger population was 2,226 in the last count, in 2014.
On #InternationalTigerDay PM @narendramodi releases trailer of movie “Counting Tigers”.
Check out ⬇️ the procedure of counting tigers in India@PrakashJavdekar @moefcc pic.twitter.com/ci4eS0U3fr
— PIB India (@PIB_India) July 29, 2019
The tiger is India’s national animal and it is categorized as endangered under the Wildlife Protection Act.
He also said that the number of protected areas in the country has risen to 860 last year from 692 in 2014. Similarly, the number of community reserves has gone up to 100 from 43 in 2014.
Releasing the results of All India Tiger Estimation. #InternationalTigerDay https://t.co/b73ADzson4
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 29, 2019
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