Tiger population booms in India

Images obtained from camera traps were fed into a software; manual identification was also done to estimate the numbers. Like the finger prints of humans, every tiger has unique stripes, which is now the modern method for counting and distinguishing tigers. "We now have a baseline... earlier we were not sure of the actual number of animals but now we know areas where tigers are present. This will help us modify the protection strategies," Dhakate said.