Tiger population booms in India

The figure projects distribution of a breeding population of tigers living outside reserve forests in a complex landscape which also include agricultural fields and human encroachments. The Phase IV monitoring of the western circle is an independent census (self-initiated) and one of the firsts in the country conducted over a large area. It started in Janaury 2016, officials said. "The monitoring was carried out for 214 days using 250 camera traps used at 393 locations. A total of 16,457 images were obtained," Dhakate told media, adding that the mission included 500 people.