In 2023, India celebrated 50 glorious years of Project Tiger. When the nation became independent in 1947, the tiger count in the country was estimated to be between 40,000 – 50,000. But, when the first official tiger census took place in 1972, the results were appalling – the animal was tethering on the brink of extinction with an abysmal count of less than 2000. The first all-India tiger census figure via pugmark tracking identification, the traditional method used at the time, put the number at 1827.
Month: July 2026
WHEN URBANIZATION INVADES THEIR HABITAT, CAN SNAKES COHABIT WITH HUMANS?
On one rainy Sunday afternoon aptly termed “Snake Season” by one speaker, herpetologists, scientists, conservationists and wildlife enthusiasts gathered together at Holiday Inn Airport, Kolkata to attend “Let Us Co-live Together” by Jain Group.
