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India has lost 48 tigers in 22 weeks [1]

India’s tiger fatalities are rising steadily. The country has lost 48 tigers in the last 22 weeks. The largest number of tigers have been killed in the premier Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand and in the Tadoba Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra.

The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has confirmed that 19 of these deaths are clear-cut cases of poaching but wildlife experts claim poaching deaths could be much higher.

Publication Date: 
12/06/2012
Rashme Sehgal [2]
Asian Age (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
India [4], Tiger [5], Corbett NP [6], Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand) [7], Tadoba NP [8], Tiger Reserves [9], Maharashtra [10], National Tiger Conservation Authority [11], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [12], Poaching [13], Dudhwa NP [14], Himalaya [15], Endangered Species [16], Wildlife [17]
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[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
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[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
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[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dudhwa-np
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