Assam has a total population of 159 tigers, 104 in Kaziranga, 31 in Manas, 21 in Orang and 3 in Nameri and the number increased to 200 in 2021
GUWAHATI: The tiger population has risen to 200 in Assam, the state forest department said on Global Tiger Day on Thursday even as three of the four tiger reserves in the state got the global Conservation Assured |Tiger Standards (CA|TS) recognition for good tiger conservation.
As per the All India Tiger estimate, 2018, Assam has a total population of 159 tigers, 104 in Kaziranga, 31 in Manas, 21 in Orang and 3 in Nameri and the number increased to 200 in 2021, a forest official said. Kaziranga has 121 tigers as per phase IV tiger monitoring in 2020 while Manas has 48 tigers. Orang and Nameri have 21 and 3 tigers respectively.
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