Official count, which puts wild population at 1,550, may prove controversial owing to its inclusion of Sunderbans area
The number of tigers in India has risen for the first time in a decade, according to a new official census published in Delhi.
Campaigners and officials have hailed the news as proving that the big cat – which has suffered a 97% population decline in the past century – can still be saved.
In India, many tigers continue to be killed by poachers or die as a result of
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