Karnataka has the second highest number of tigers in the country with 563 of these big cats after Madhya Pradesh which has 785, as per the Status of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey in India 2022.
The report was released by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to mark International Tiger Day on Saturday, and the figures indicate that there has been a steady increase in the tiger numbers in the State since the first All-India Tiger Estimation started in 2006.
The total number of tigers in the entire country has been pegged at 3,682 and in a range of 3,167 and 3,925. In the 2018 status report, Karnataka had 524 tigers while Madhya Pradesh had 526 tigers but in the interim Karnataka’s tiger numbers has increased marginally by 37 tigers while Madhya Pradesh’s tiger population has gone up by 259.
