1411 is a shocking number!
The first question on this regard would be, "Why are you advocating tiger conservation?" But unfortunately 'why' is of least importance here and 'how' takes toll on us! With only 1411 tigers left in India we don't have much time left to stop and think about relevance of 'Save Tiger' campaign. Yet, the objective of this blog post is to increase awareness about the importance of 'tiger conservation'. Though I knew that the reducing number of tigers is an underlying issue, never thought of it so seriously, till the number 1411 hit me like a bolt from the blue. How can we be so casual about an extincting species which happened to be our national animal also?! According to WWF, at the beginning of 20th century, India had an estimated population of 40,000 tigers. By 2002, the number drastically came down to 3,642. As per National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), G overnment of India, we are left with 1,411 tigers only. Which is much mor...