Number of big cats in Sunderbans rising!

Q.  Number of big cats in the Sunderbans were counted to be approximately _____ in 2015?
- Published on 07 Nov 16

a. 75
b. 74
c. 73
d. 76

ANSWER: 76
 
Number of big cats in Sunderbans rising!Number of big cats in the Indian Sunderbans is healthy and rising.
  • A fresh camera trap has spotted 9 more tigers over the last year’s figures in the entire mangroves, including the tiger reserve area and the South-24 Parganas forest division.
  • The assessment exercise by the MoEF and WII has put India in 2015 as having the total tiger count in the Sunderbans at 76.
  • State foresters have put the number at more than 85 on the basis of camera trap images.
  • This indicates the largest mangrove forest in the world spanning two countries, the Sunderbans is reviving.
  • Camera trap images were analysed with the help of special software matching the stripe pattern of big cats to arrive at the figure of 85.
  • Recent sighting has shown the population inside the STR is healthy.
  • Camera trap exercise was started in December 2015 in the South 24 Parganas forest division as completed in April 2016.

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