Important Facts About Wildlife
Important Facts About Wildlife
Important Facts About Wildlife
As per the 600-page of the fourth All India Tiger Estimation 2018, three
reserves in the country have no Tigers left-- Dampa (Mizoram), Buxa
(West Bengal) and Palamau (Jharkhand).
As per the state-wise distribution of the Tigers, Madhya Pradesh has the
highest number of Tigers at 526, followed by Karnataka and Uttarakhand
at 524 and 442 respectively.
The tigers are conserved for-- scientific, economic, aesthetic, cultural and
ecological values. The tigers are also of biological importance as a
national heritage for the benefit, education and the enjoyment of the
people.
In the year 2006, the official number of tigers was 1,411, which rose to
1,706 in four years, i.e., in 2010. The population of Tigers was recorded
as 2,967 in the year 2018.
As per the report by World Wildlife Fund and Global Tiger Forum, the
population of Tigers rose to 3,890 in the year 2016 from earlier 3,159 in
the year 2010.