NTCA:337 Tigers lost their lives in India in the Last Decade

Apr 19, 2012, 20:17 IST

Environment & Ecology Current Affairs 2012. NTCA (National Tiger Conservation Authority) said in a reply to the RTI Query that 337 Tigers lost their lives in India in the last decade

NTCA (National Tiger Conservation Authority) said in a reply to the RTI Query that 337 Tigers lost their lives in India in the last decade.  NTCA elaborated that 58 tigers were found dead in 2009 and 56 in 2011. While in 2008, the number was 36 and 28 each in 2007 and 2002. As per the DATA released By NTCA, as many as 68 tigers were killed due to poaching during the period. While others died of natural causes like old age, accidents, starvation.

According to NTCA’s estimates, 14 tigers were the victim of poaching in 2010, 11 in 2011, 13 in 2009, six each in 2007 and 2008. NTCA is a statutory body under the ministry of environment and forests.

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