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| About Indian Tiger India contains 60% of the world's tigers; as recently as 1970 it was still legal to hunt them and to export skins. During the 1950s and early 1960s it is recorded that more than 3,000 tigers lost their lives to trophy hunters, most of these being tourists. Project Tiger was launched on April 1, 1973 on the basis of the recommendations of a special task-force of the Indian Board for Wildlife Aims of Project Tiger in India Project Tiger launched on the 1st April 1973 at Corbett National Park. It's aims were: » To ensure maintenance of a viable population of tigers in India for scientific, economic, aesthetic, cultural and ecological values. » To preserve, for all times, areas of such biological importance as a national heritage for the benefit, education and enjoyment of the people. » Early development: |
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