{"id":26035,"date":"2007-05-24T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-24T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:35:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:35:06","slug":"1035-india-tiger-numbers-far-lower-than-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1035-india-tiger-numbers-far-lower-than-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"India tiger numbers far lower than thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Experts from the government-run Wildlife Institute of India (WII) presented initial results of a new count of tigers in 16 of India &#8216;s 28 tiger reserves and their surrounding areas.<\/div>\n<div>\n&nbsp;&quot;In general, the situation is not good,&quot; reports quoted Y.V. Jhala from the WII as saying.   <\/div>\n<div>\nConservationists said they believed the new census results suggested there was a decline of 65% in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, which has one of the largest populations of tigers in India.    <\/div>\n<div>\n&quot;The indications are that all over India, it will be the same,&quot; said Belinda Wright, director of the Wildlife Protection Society of India.   <\/div>\n<div>\nSee <a href=\"https:\/\/planetark.org\/dailynewsstory.cfm\/newsid\/42107\/story.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a>  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early results from a tiger census in India indicate the population of the endangered big cats is drastically lower than previously assumed, Reuters reported wildlife experts as saying on 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