India tiger census: Population doubles in less than a decade

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India tiger census: Population doubles in less than a decade
By Brooks Hays

July 30 (UPI) -- In just nine years, India's tiger population has doubled -- and over the last four years, the country's tiger population has increased 33 percent.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently wrote on Twitter, the results of India's tiger census should "make every Indian, every nature lover happy."

At a 2010 conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, Modi and the Indian delegation promised to double the country's tiger population by 2022. They fulfilled their commitment four years early.

Read more at: https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2019/07/30/India-tiger-census-Population-doubles-in-less-than-a-decade/5371564509697/