India tiger census shows rapid population growth
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Re: India tiger census shows rapid population growth
#230% in 5 years = rather 'decent' than 'rapid'
Re: India tiger census shows rapid population growth
#3The bulk of the tiger population is in the Sundarbans (marshlands at the bottom of the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta). Anecdotally, many of the Sundarban tigers are man-eaters and there is a tacit policy to not go after the ones that happen to kill humans. This keeps the poachers and encroachers away, but also makes any census nearly impossible to conduct. I would not put too much faith in these reported numbers.
Re: India tiger census shows rapid population growth
#430% in 5 years = rather 'decent' than 'rapid'
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#5Tigers unlike Lions are solitary animals, so these numbers are impressive +/- 10%. My home state has one of the largest numbers and I was fortunate to see a Tigress with fresh kill and couple of cubs. Truly majestic beasts these are.
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#6Amazing animals, great news! See also the recent (Jul 20, 2019) “Siberian tigers start summer training in Heilongjiang, China” short video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIilv8vyDYI – says that from eight tigers in the captive breeding program from 1986 there are now more than a thousand.
Re: India tiger census shows rapid population growth
#730% in 5 years = rather 'decent' than 'rapid'
Tigers usually have 2-3 cubs in a litter. So i guess it is a good number
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#8This is a great achievement for such a densely populated countries. I'd thought Tigers in the wild were on a terminal decline.
Re: India tiger census shows rapid population growth
#9The bulk of the tiger population is in the Sundarbans (marshlands at the bottom of the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta). Anecdotally, many of the Sundarban tigers are man-eaters and there is a tacit policy to not go after the ones that happen to kill humans. This keeps the poachers and encroachers away, but also makes any census nearly impossible to conduct. I would not put too much faith in these reported numbers.
This is wrong on many levels.
7-8 states have more tigers than Bengal.
Sundarban tigers are not man-eaters by default
Tiger census is tricky business, but these numbers are as legit as they can get (especially given, outside of India, BD and Nepal, no other countries have serious population of tigers in the wild). I mean, what other numbers would you trust?
Re: India tiger census shows rapid population growth
#10The bulk of the tiger population is in the Sundarbans (marshlands at the bottom of the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta). Anecdotally, many of the Sundarban tigers are man-eaters and there is a tacit policy to not go after the ones that happen to kill humans. This keeps the poachers and encroachers away, but also makes any census nearly impossible to conduct. I would not put too much faith in these reported numbers.
This is wrong on many levels. 7-8 states have more tigers than Bengal. Sundarban tigers are not man-eaters by default Tiger census is tricky business, but these numbers are as legit as they can get (especially given, outside of India, BD and Nepal, no other countries have serious population of tigers in the wild). I mean, what other numbers would you trust?
In case you want a reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_states_by_wildl...