Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve and announced that by 2022 there were 3,167 tigers in the country, triple the 1,400 tigers counted in 2006.
These numbers are a success for Project Tiger, India’s tiger population conservation program, which has managed to steadily increase tiger numbers, from a record low of 268 in 1973.
In 2006 there were already 1,411 tigers. In 2010 that number rose to 1,706, in 2014 to 2,226, in 2018 to 2,967 and, in 2022, to 3,167, Modi explained, at an event held to mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of Project Tiger.
Modi also announced the creation of the International Big Cat Alliance, which aims to protect and conserve the habitat and population of seven big cats around the world, including tigers and lions.
Finally, Modi unveiled the Amrit Kaal Ka Tiger Vision program, a blueprint for the future of tiger conservation for the next 25 years.
Source: TSF
