As many as 750 tigers died in India in the last eight years, with Madhya Pradesh reporting the highest casualties at 173, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) said in reply to an RTI query. Of the 750 mortalities, 369 were due to natural causes, 168 due to poaching, 70 deaths are under scrutiny and 42 due to unnatural reasons.
As many as 750 tigers died in India in the last eight years, with Madhya Pradesh reporting the highest casualties at 173, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) said in reply to an RTI query. Of the 750 mortalities, 369 were due to natural causes, 168 due to poaching, 70 deaths are under scrutiny and 42 due to unnatural reasons.