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An initial census held in 2015 indicated that the Siberian tiger population had increased to 480–540 individuals in the Russian Far East, including 100 cubs. [4] [5] This was followed up by a more detailed census which revealed there was a total population of 562 wild Siberian tigers in Russia. [6]
Population density in mixed deciduous and semi-evergreen forests of Thailand's Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary was estimated at 2.01 tigers per 100 km 2 (39 sq mi); during the 1970s and 1980s, logging and poaching had occurred in the adjacent Mae Wong and Khlong Lan National Parks, where population density was much lower, estimated at only 0 ...
Indian zoos bred tigers for the first time at the Alipore Zoo in Kolkata. The 1997 International Tiger Studbook lists the global captive population of Bengal tigers at 210 individuals that are all kept in Indian zoos, except for one female in North America. Completion of the Indian Bengal Tiger Studbook is a necessary prerequisite to ...
On International Tiger Day, take a deeper look at the struggle these iconic and endangered big cats face all around the world.
[52] [53] Of these, only in 8 countries can breeding tiger population be found in the wild. [27] India, Nepal and Russia are the only countries that have successfully increased the tiger population through conservation efforts. [52] As of 2022, the tigers are now likely to be extinct in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam. [54]
The state of Karnataka alone is home to 22% of the elephants, 18% of the tigers and 14% of the leopards in India. The Northeast Indian states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Tripura together with West Bengal account for 30% of the elephants and 5% of the tiger population.
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In 2010 India signed an agreement, along with 12 other countries with tiger populations, to double its tiger numbers by 2022. [19] India’s 2014 tiger census showed a population of 2,226, a sharp increase from its all-time low of 1,411 in 2006 and about a 30% increase from its tiger population in 2011.