Thursday 16 August 2012

Tiger mortality in India - 2011 & 2012

SHRIMATI JAYA BACHCHAN raised a question in Rajya Sabha on 14 August 2012 on Measures for Saving tigers. MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS (SHRIMATI JAYANTHI NATARAJAN) when answering this question provided one Annexure on the details of tiger mortality. The same is as follows, it can also seen at http://164.100.24.219/annex/226/As71.doc

Annexure-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *71 ON MEASURES FOR SAVING TIGERS DUE FOR REPLY ON 14.08.2012.

Details of tiger mortality including poaching, seizure, natural and other causes, as reported by States, during the last one year, including the current year


Sl. No.
State
2011
2012
(as on 9.8.2012)


Poaching including seizure
Natural & other causes
Poaching including seizure
Natural & other causes
1
Andhra Pradesh
0
0
0
0
2
Arunachal Pradesh
0
0
0
0
3
Assam
3
3
1
3
4
Bihar
0
1
0
0
5
Chhattisgarh
2
0
1
0
6
Jharkhand
0
0
0
0
7
Karnataka
3
3
5
4
8
Kerala
1
3
2
0
9
Madhya Pradesh
0
5
4
5
10
Maharashtra
4
2
7
4
11
Mizoram
0
0
0
0
12
Orissa
0
1
0
0
13
Rajasthan
0
1
0
0
14
Tamil Nadu
0
3
2
2
15
Uttarakhand
2
15
6
6
16
Uttar Pradesh
1
0
4
1
17
West Bengal
0
3
1
2
18
Haryana
0
0
1
0

TOTAL
16
40
34
27

Note:- Excludes seizure of one old trophy during the year (2011) in New Delhi.

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