Dr Bibhab Kumar Talukdar said that the tiger being India s national animal, it has the attention of government and non-government agencies working to secure the future
Though there are eight Project Tiger reserves in three northeast India states Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram, wildlife experts have mixed opinions about their further development and upkeep of the tigers.Of the eight Project Tiger .
Itanagar/Aizawl Though there are eight Project Tiger reserves in three northeast India states — Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram, wildlife experts have mixed opinions about their further development and upkeep of the tigers. Of the eight Project Tiger reserves, Assam has four reserves — Manas National Park, Orang National Park, Pakke Tiger Reserve and Kaziranga National Park; Arunachal Pradesh has three — Kamlang Tiger Reserve, Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Pakke Tiger Reserve; Mizoram has the Dampa Tiger Reserve. Arunachal Pradesh’s Namdapha Tiger Reserve is the oldest in the northeastern region which was notified in 1987 under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. The Dampa Tiger Reserve does not have a single tiger now while according to the 2018 census, Assam has 190 tigers while 29 are in Arunachal Pradesh. Northeast India’s bio-diversity conservation and research organisation ‘Aaranyak’ secretary general Dr Bibhab Kumar Talukdar said that the
“Madam, I don’t know what has happened. There were so many butterflies yesterday. And normally, the birds are out by now, looking for fish.” We were walking on the banks of the