The West Bengal government for the first time will conduct tiger census through DNA sampling of the animal's scat in Sunderbans in January next year.
Tiger censusTill now, pug marks were used to count the tigers, but there was always controversy regarding the veracity of the marks.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/dna-sampling-tiger-census-sunderbans
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald-bangalore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sundarban-np
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/census-habitat-monitoring
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal
