Even as tigers go extinct in national parks across India, a study has found that translocating a tiger from one part of the country to another could end up doing more harm than good. In fact, a tiger genome study shows the six genetically distinct tiger populations in India should not be mixed, especially now that the threat of extinction looms large.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/dont-mix-tiger-populations-study
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/population-trends
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-parks
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger-conservation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/germany
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india