As many as sixteen tigers have died in Uttarakhand in the last six months (since January). Concerned over the deaths, the Environment Ministry has sought a detailed report from the State on the causes of the deaths and the action taken by the government to control the same.
The State, at present, has over 420 tigers, as per the recent tiger census. As many as 250 tigers are in the Corbett Tiger Reserve area alone.
Talking to The Hindu, Samir Sinha, Chief Wildlife Warden of Uttarakhand’s Forest Department confirmed that the Environment Ministry had sought a report in the matter of tiger deaths. He, however, refused to share the number of deaths of the big cats. The website of the National Tiger Conservation Authority shows that 12 big cats had died in the State since January while the officials of the Forest Department said four more deaths were reported in the past couple of weeks.
