Tiger Population News

Opinion

Opinion | Earning our stripes

Under the current green cover, habitats reach tiger-saturation points far too early. If tigers are to survive, they need free space—and lots of it

1 min read29 Jul 2019
Politics

How India counts its tigers

The National Tiger Conservation Authority is conducting the fourth assessment of the tiger population in India's 50 tiger reserves spread across 18 states. Here's a look at what the process involves

7 min read1 Mar 2018
Politics

Over a third of protected areas surveyed are at risk of losing tigers: Study

The survey, released on Wednesday, stressed that most of these sites are in Southeast Asia where tiger populations have suffered the most dramatic decline in the past decade

2 min read28 Feb 2018
Politics

India, neighbours agree to conduct joint tiger census

Wildlife experts feel a joint census by India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh will lead to not only more verified numbers but also greater tiger conservation efforts

3 min read18 Dec 2017
Politics

A prayer for the homeless tigers

With a spate of development projects threatening to shrink tiger habitats in India, there may not be much to celebrate on International Tiger Day tomorrow

4 min read28 Jul 2017
Politics

67 tiger deaths reported in first half of 2017

An average of 11 tigers died every month in the first half of 2017 in India, indicating that at this rate tiger deaths this year could cross the 2016 figure

2 min read27 Jun 2017
Science

Poaching menace: Shoot at sight orders at Corbett Tiger Reserve

Besides 150 guards, two drones have also being used to monitor suspicious movement along the southern fringes of the Corbett Tiger Reserve park

1 min read22 Feb 2017
Politics

Tiger conservation authority issues norms to identify, control attacks on farm animals

The aim is to ensure 'appropriate action to deal with livestock carcasses being fed upon by tigers, to avoid undue interference with the natural process prevailing in the habitat'

3 min read14 Nov 2016
Videos

International Tiger Day: 73 tigers have died in India until 20 July | Video

21 tigers fall prey to poaching and death of another 45 remains a mystery

1 Aug 2016
Science

Why 2016 has been a sad year for tigers

Environment ministry says 73 tiger deaths have been recorded in India till 20 July since the start of the year

2 min read25 Jul 2016