World’s Count of wild tigers in forests rises

Q.  The world count of wild tigers has gone up for the first time in a century. What is the current estimate?
- Published on 12 Apr 16

a. 3690
b. 3790
c. 3890
d. 3990

ANSWER: 3890
 
World’s count of wild tigers roaming forests from Russia to Vietnam has has gone up for the first time in a period greater than a century. Around 3890 tigers have been counted by conversation groups and national governments in the most recent census. Tally marks a turnaround from the last 2010 estimate where number of tigers hit an all time low of 3200 according to WWF and Global Tiger Forum.
  • India has more than half of the world’s tigers with 2226 tigers roaming across the nation, from Kerala to West Bengal according to the last count in 2014
  • This is the first time tiger count has increased since 1900, when there were more than 100,000 tigers in the wild.

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