Tiger poaching in India on the rise - 76 killed between January and October 2016

Tigers are India's national animals and poaching of tigers is on the rise. This year, around 76 tigers have been killed in the period January till October, 2016. Madhya Pradesh has recorded the maximum number of these deaths and account for nearly a third of all mortalities. Karnataka follows - it boasts of harboring the highest tiger population and has recorded as many as 13 tiger deaths.
These figures are the highest since 2010 and, in 2015, there were 69 tiger deaths reported. The trend for 2016 is a reason for worry.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 7 November 2016.

Twenty seizures were registered in the country till November, also the highest since 2010.
The data has been made available by 'tigernet', a collaborative effort of the National Tiger Conservation Authority and TRAFFIC-India. 41 of the 76 deaths are still being investigated and the remaining have been attributed to direct or indirect human intervention like poaching, poisoning, electrocution, road accidents. And, of course, there are instances of tigers attacking each other and natural causes.
Tiger habitats were under tremendous pressure. There have been some success stories where tigers are breeding well which, in turn, has helped to increase their numbers but this is in isolated pockets and also not in all tiger sanctuaries. In saturated reserves, cubs move out in search of their own territory and are vulnerable to poaching and road accidents.


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