World Tiger Day: Endangered wild cat's population roars back across Asia!
Tiger numbers have witnessed a drastic rise in numbers in five countries across the globe.
India, China, Bhutan, Nepal and Russia have witnessed an increase of the endangered wild tigers in the past decade after launching ambitious schemes.
On the occasion of World Tiger's Day, let's take a look at how the numbers of this endangered animal improved:
‘Project Tiger’, which began in 1973 at the Corbett national park has been a huge success
‘Project Tiger’, which began in 1973 at the Corbett national park has been a huge success
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A tiger walks in a cage as disinfectant is being sprayed during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, at Alipore Zoological Garden in Kolkata on April 8, 2020.
Number of wild tigers in 2018 in the country is estimated to be between 2600 and 3350 animals and accounts for three-quarters of the world’s population. The figures are more than double the number in 2006.
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Two Malayan tigers fight at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur on November 21, 2017.
Russia's Amur tiger numbers have increased by 15 per cent in the past 10 years to around 540 animals.
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The country's tiger toll nearly doubled by 2018, up from 121 individuals in 2009 to 235.
According to conservation charity WWF, Bardiya National Park alone has increased from just 18 tigers in 2008 to 87 in 2018.
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Bhutan’s Royal Manas National Park, the population rose from only 10 tigers a decade ago to 22 in 2019.
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In 2010, the country had no more than 20 wild tigers. But in 2014, camera traps captured footage of a tigress and her cubs in Wangqing Nature Reserve in Jilin province, which means tigers were breeding in China again and dispersing into new areas.