Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Feb 10: According to the government, tiger deaths jumped to 127 last year from 106 the previous year due to a variety of factors, including old age.
According to the report, 96 tigers died in 2019.
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav stated there are various reasons for the feline’s mortality, including old age, infighting among tigers, electrocution, and poaching, in response to supplementary questions in the Rajya Sabha.
Tiger mortality was 127 in 2021, according to state reports. Madhya Pradesh had the most deaths last year, with 42, followed by Maharashtra with 27, Karnataka with 15, and Uttar Pradesh with nine.
“The average life span of the tigers in the wild is generally 10-12 years and in natural ecosystem, factors like old age, diseases, internecine fights, electrocution, snaring, drowning, road, rail hits, among others, and a very high infant mortality observed in big cats, including tigers, account for majority of the tiger deaths,” he said.
He further said that the central government is making efforts to manage animal-human conflicts. However, the government claimed that the tiger population had doubled.
The states are in charge of day-to-day management and implementation of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, he explained.
