India lost 24 tigers between January 1 & February 8

In a worrying statistic, India has lost 24 tigers in a short span of just over a month this year - between January 1 and February 8. This makes it the highest number of big cat fatalities at the beginning of a year in the past three years. The maximum deaths were reported from MP (nine) followed by Maharashtra (six), Rajasthan (three), Karnataka (two), Uttarakhand (two) and one each from Assam and Kerala.

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