For the first time in decades, there is real hope for the wild tiger.
The population of wild tigers in India has risen by 30% from 1,706 in 2010 to 2,226 in 2014. The census was carried out by the tiger conservation authority in India, involving over 9,000 thousand camera traps (80% of all Indian tigers have been recorded). These results are truly impressive.
The new tiger census, released by the Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, shows that India (which has 70% of the world tiger population) has registered an increase of 30% in the country's tiger population in the past three years.
Save Wild Tiger founder, Simon Clinton, notes: "All credit must go to the authorities and tireless work across India by all those NGO`s & conservationists working around the clock. Let’s hope this can show other tiger range countries what can be achieved where there’s a will for action & change."