The National Tiger Conservation Authority has admitted that tiger deaths are on the rise: 69 of them having been killed or died naturally in the past nine months.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/69-tigers-die-9-months-only-1706-left
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rashme-sehgal
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/asian-age-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tiger
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/project-tiger
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttaranchal-uttarakhand
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-tiger-conservation-authority
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef