India’s Tiger Population Increases by 30% in Past Three Years

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The population of tigers has increased in India from 1,706 in 2011 to 2,226 in 2014. The new tiger census shows that India—which has 70% of the world’s tiger population—has registered an increase of 30 percent in the country’s tiger population in the past three years. Read about the work that the Satpuda Landscape Tiger Programme has done to protect tigers.

Link: The Times of India

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