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Project Tiger
Classification of Tiger Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Pantherna Spicies: Tigris
Description of Tiger
Length: 4.6-12.2 ft. Height: 3/3 1/2 ft. Weight: 220-675 pounds Colors and markings: Orange With a white belly and black stripes Shape: oval body that is lowto the ground
Historical Status
There were once nine subspecies of tigers: Bengal, Siberian, Indochinese, South Chinese, Sumatran, Malayan, Caspian, Javan and Bali. Of these, the last three are extinct, one is extinct in the wild, and the rest are endangered. In the early 1900s, there were around 100,000 tigers throughout their range.
•Tigers are endangered and there are a total of around 3,000-4,500 exist in the wild.
•South Chinese tigers are extinct in the wild.
•The Javan, Bali, and Caspian tiger are extinct.
Present Status
Project Tiger was launched in 1973 in India. The project aims at ensuring a viable population of tiger in their natural habitats and preserving areas of biological importance as a natural heritage for the people. The selection of areas for the reserves represented as close as possible the diversity of ecosystem across the tiger's distribution in the country.
Project Tiger
•Project Tiger is administered by the NATIONAL TIGER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY. The overall administration of the project is monitored by a Steering Committee.
•The project's task force visualized these tiger reserves as breeding nuclei, from which surplus animals would emigrate to adjacent forests.
•The government has set-up a Tiger Protection Force to combat poachers, and funded the relocation of up to 200,000 villagers to minimize human-tiger conflicts
•Wireless communication system and outstation patrol camps have been developed within the tiger reserves, due to which poaching has declined considerably.
• Fire protection engineering is carried out by suitable preventive and control measures. Villages have been relocated in many reserves, especially from core areas.
•Livestock grazing has been controlled to a great extent in the tiger reserves.
Project Tiger was meant to identify the limiting factors and to mitigate them by suitable management. The damages done to the habitat were to be rectified so as to facilitate the recovery of the ecosystem to the maximum possible extent.The potential tiger habitats being covered are::
•Sivalik–Terai Conservation Unit (Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal), and in NepalNorth east Conservation Unit•Sunderbans Conservation Unit•Central Indian Conservation Unit•Eastern Ghat Conservation Unit•Western Ghat Conservation Units
Goals and objectives
Goals and objectives
WPSI's Tiger Poaching Statistics
The WILDLIFE PROTECTION SOCIETY OF INDIA (WPSI) works with government enforcement agencies to apprehend tiger poachers and traders throughout India. WPSI also makes every effort to investigate and verify any seizure of tiger parts and unnatural tiger deaths that are brought to our notice.
To date, WPSI has documented the following cases:
95 cases of tigers known to have been killed in 1994 121 tigers killed in 1995 52 tigers killed in 1996 88 tigers killed in 1997 39 tigers killed in 1998 81 tigers killed in 1999 52 tigers killed in 2000 72 tigers killed in 2001 46 tigers killed in 2002 38 tigers killed in 2003 38 tigers killed in 2004 46 tigers killed in 2005 37 tigers killed in 2006 27 tigers killed in 2007 29 tigers killed in 2008 32 tigers killed in 2009 30 tigers killed in 2010 13 tigers killed in 2011
India holds over half the world's tiger population. According to the latest tiger census report released on March 28, 2011 by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, the current tiger population estimated is 1,706 (i.e. ranging between a minimum of 1,571 to a maximum of 1,875). The results include figures from 17 Indian states with a tiger population.
Current Status of Tiger in India
PENALTIESA general offence under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, attracts a maximum sentence of three years imprisonment or a fine which may extend to Rs. 25,000 or both.
An offence involving a species listed in Schedule I or Part II of Schedule II, or an offence committed within a sanctuary or natural park, attracts a mandatory prison term of three years, which may extend to seven years. There is also a mandatory fine of at least Rs. 10,000. For a subsequent offence, the prison term remains the same, while the mandatory fine is at least Rs.25,000.
Bandhavgarh Bandipur Bhadra Bori-Satpura Buxa Corbett Dampa Dudhwa Indravati Kalakad-Mundanthurai Kanha Manas Melghat Nagarjunasagar
Namdapha Pakhui-Nameri Palamau Panna Pench (Madhya Pradesh) Pench (Maharashtra) Periyar Ranthambore Sariska Similipal Sundarbans Tadoba-Andhari Valmiki
List of Tiger Reserves in India
Success Rate Of Project Tiger
It was merely months back when the Indian government pulled up their socks and did a census revealing a staggering low number of 1411 tigers left in open. All the media and eco-conservationists turned their heads towards India and started a campaign “Project Tiger” dedicating the year 2010 to the Tiger savior year.
A recent statement by Jayaram Ramesh, member of Indian cabinet, declared good signs with the tiger population about 1700+.
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