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The number of wild tigers in India decreased by 237 in two years
2018-11-09

According to Xinhua News Agency quoted the Times of India on August 10th, Indian government officials said that the number of wild tigers in India has decreased by 237 in the two years from 2016 to 2017.

According to reports, senior officials of the Indian Ministry of Environmental Protection said in an open letter to the lower house of the Indian Parliament that there were 237 wild tigers killed in India in 2016-2017, including 122 deaths in 2016 and 115 deaths in 2017. According to statistics, 23% of the wild tigers that died between 2012 and 2017 were hunted by poachers.

In recent years, the Indian government has taken a series of measures to crack down on poaching wild tigers, including the establishment of an armed force dedicated to protecting wild tigers, the development of a wild tiger protection plan, the establishment of a database of crimes such as poaching wild animals and Monitoring and so on.

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