India: Tiger Population Rising Again
For the first time in a decade and a half, more than 3'000 tigers are once again living freely in India. According to a census published on Sunday, 3'167 tigers were recorded in the wild across the entire country.
3’682 Tigers in India
India is by far the country with the most tigers in the world. 75% of all tigers counted worldwide live in India. In 1900, there were still 100’000 tigers worldwide. That number has dropped by more than 93%, and tigers now live in the wild in only 13 countries.
Tigers Hold Religious Significance
Tiger hunting was banned in the 1970s. The government relies on measures to defuse conflicts. People who lose family members or livestock are compensated. More on the topics of species conservation and wildlife.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: The scientific evidence is presented in the overview Studies on the Effects of Recreational Hunting.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
