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As per Ministry of Environment and Forests, the wild tiger population in India stood at 2,226 in 2014 with an increase of 30.5% since the 2010 estimate. [4] In 2018, according to the National Tiger Conservation Authority, there were an estimated 2,967 wild tigers in existence in India. The wild tiger population increased to 3,682 as of 2022. [5]
Scientists at Colossal Biosciences may be a few steps closer to resurrecting a long-extinct carnivorous marsupial known as the Tasmanian tiger.
The preservation of a complete Tasmanian tiger head meant that scientists could study RNA samples from several important tissue areas, including the tongue, nasal cavity, brain and eye.
These technological advancements are critical to preserve biodiversity, especially right now Scene of a T-Rex in a forest setting from the movie \"Jurassic Park\". Image credits: Jurassic World
Then are some landscapes which are prone to human interference but have potential to support improved tiger population. Unfortunately, there are some habitats where once thriving tiger population has now disappeared. [24] As of 2020, it is estimated that nearly 30% of tiger population in India is present outside the Tiger Reserves. [25]
As India is home to majority of the global wild tiger population, the increase in population of tigers in India played a major role in driving up global populations as well; the number of wild tigers globally rose from 3,159 in 2010 to 3,890 in 2016 according to the World Wide Fund and Global Tiger Forum.
Tiger poaching in India has seriously impacted the probability of survival of tigers in India. [1] About 3,000 wild tigers now survive compared with 100,000 at the turn of the 20th century. This abrupt decimation in population count was largely due to the slaughter of tigers by colonial and Indian elite, during the British Raj period, and ...
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