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Tiger Poaching
More than 6,900 poachers were arrested for killing and trafficking of 2,869 wildlife animals during the past 10 years, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia told the Odisha Assembly on Tuesday. While replying to a question from Congress legislator Taraprasad Bahinipati, the minister said the law enforcement authorities have arrested 6,960 poachers during the last 10 years and seized different body parts of wild animals including skins, nails and horns of tigers, beer, deer, sambar and other wild lives, elephant tusks, and pangolins from them. While the seized elephant tusks have been stored at the state government's treasury, the other seized items have been preserved at the forest range offices, he said. The government has formed a joint task force comprising officials of forest and police departments to examine the wild animal poaching cases and take necessary steps, he stated. In another written statement to the House, the Forest minister said th
The tiger popular in India was 3,167 in 2022, revealed the latest tiger census data released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Sunday. According to the data, the tiger population stood at 1,411 in 2006, 1,706 in 2010, 2,226 in 2014, 2,967 in 2018 and 3,167 in 2022. At the inaugural session of commemoration of 50 years of 'Project Tiger', the Prime Minister also launched the 'International Big Cat Alliance', which will focus on protection and conservation of seven major big cats of the world, including tiger and lion. He also released a booklet Amrit Kaal Ka Tiger Vision', presenting the vision for tiger conservation in the next 25 years.