India’s tigers have more than doubled since 2006, reaching 3,167 last year, according to the latest tiger census.
By 2006, their population in India – home to the majority of the world’s remaining wild tigers – hit a record low of just 1,411 individuals. But decades of conservation efforts appear to have finally paid off. India’s tigers have more than doubled since then, reaching 3,167 last year, according to the latest tiger census released Sunday. That’s about 70% of the world’s wild tiger population, which stands at around 4,500, according to the World Wildlife Fund .
In 1971, the country had 547 million people; it now has 1.4 billion, and is set to overtake China to become the world’s most populous country this year. Unregulated poaching in the 1980s further accelerated the decline in tiger numbers. Tigers were hunted for sport, status and consumption, with their bone and other parts often used in traditional Chinese medicine.
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