NTCA To Conduct Tiger Census In India Annually

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 31 No. 12, December 2011

However, the ongoing practice of counting the big cats in the forest areas every four years would also continue in tandem, they said. In Madhya Pradesh, the census would be conducted in cooperation with the Wildlife Institute of India (WII). However, logistics for the exercise is yet to be put in place, sources said, adding that cameras and others equipment for the task had not been purchased so far. "We are going to collect the data on the big cat using cameras on the transit routes and then analyse it. Read the full report here.

Source: IBN Live, Bhopal.

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