'Save the Tiger' campaign pays dividends - Karnataka is now home to over 400 tigers

The 'Save the Tiger' campaign is paying rich dividends because, Karnataka is now home to over 400 tigers and holds the No. 1 position when it comes to the country's tiger population. The lush forests in the state are home to more big cats than 406 - this has been revealed by the national tiger census report in 2014.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 6 January 2015.

The census report has been made public by the Wildlife Institute of India and does not cover protected areas like Male Mahadeshwara (MM Hills) Wildlife Sanctuary and Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary which is not a traditional tigers haunt.
The census is based on a scientific analysis of 1,933 sqkm and was conducted through camera-trapping. The result is the discovery of a healthy tiger population in the two protected areas.
At MM Hills, there were 12 tigers and two were documented at Cauvery .
In the opinion of experts, these areas have the potential to double their tiger count within five years because many of them are young.
These two protected areas are located in the confluence of the Eastern and Western Ghats and have scope for adequate funding and more protection under the Project Tiger initiative.

(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org

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