Wildlife series: Part 4 - How tigers and villagers co-exist in forests, as part of Project Tiger

Project Tiger was launched in 1973 amidst the gloomy news that the tiger numbers had plummeted to a measly 1400 from a high of 40,000 in 1900. An Indian officer called Kailash Sankhala, also called the Tiger Man of India, pushed the case for a special protection plan for tigers. Thus was born Project Tiger.This was also around the same time when M.K.Ranjitsinh was helping the Indian government draft one of the tightest wildlife protection acts - The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. One ...