Tiger census results are out
Tigers4Ever
Giving wild tigers a wild future Conservation charity based in the UK, working in Bandhavgarh, India
According to the 2022 Tiger Census, the results of which were recently published, there 3,167 wild tigers in the whole of India - that's three quarters of all the wild tigers on earth. 785 of these are in Madhya Pradesh. The number of new cubs born and surviving is also increasing.
The wild tiger population in Bandhavgarh, Madhya Pradesh, has quadruple from just 37 in 2010, when our efforts to give them a wild future commenced.
As wild tiger numbers grow, there will always be an increase in the number of natural deaths as a result of tiger-on-tiger conflict, because more wild tigers need more wild space and fights for territory become more frequent. This is the lore of the jungle and is something which is hard to curb without forest expansion or improvement schemes. We have been working behind the scenes for some time on forest rehabilitation initiatives, and continue to look for funding options to see what is possible. In the meantime we continue to improve existing wild tiger habitat and reduce both human-wildlife and tiger-tiger conflict through our waterholes project: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/water-for-bandhavgarhs-tigers/.
Since the beginning of 2023 there have been 132 reported wild tiger deaths in the whole of India (NTCA statistics at 04 September 2023), including six in Bandhavgarh. Three of the deaths were due to tiger-tiger conflict within the reserve whilst the other three deaths resulted from conflict as the young tigers migrated in search of new territory. Thankfully, our patrolling is keeping unnatural deaths at bay in Bandhavgarh right now but we cannot afford to let down our guard.
Our patrols report the weekly removal of wires and snares set to capture wild boar and other prey animals as the enter the villages to raid the farmers crops and livestock fodder. In the past these wires and snares have killed tigers and their cubs too as they follow their prey into the villages in search of their own food. Wherever possible we use best endeavours to keep both tigers and prey out of the villages as this helps us to remove the risk of retaliatory poisoning too. Find out more about our anti-poaching patrols here: https://tigers4ever.org/patrols/
Thank you for reading, and for your continued support.
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1 年Positive news but hard won. Tigers need corridors and more space to really thrive
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1 年Really interesting article thanks for sharing
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1 年Good to see numbers on the rise. More waterholes and forest expansion . safe corridors needed....