Tigers being eliminated in India
Tigers in India are continually being killed by poachers.
New estimates suggest India’s wild tiger population has dropped from nearly 3,600 five years ago to about 1,411, the government-run Tiger Project said last month.
“The number 1,411 should ring the alarm bells … The tiger is under grave threat,” Chidambaram told Parliament during his budget presentation for 2008-2009.
Authorities in India are creating an 11,900 square mile reserve and a Tiger Protection Force in attempts to preserve the tiger.
An estimated 3,500 tigers exist in all of Asia as compared to 5,000 in 1997.
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