NAGPUR: Even if number of tigers in Maharashtra has gone up by 66 in latest estimation, experts in state are not happy with the result.
They have questioned the Wildlife Institute of India ( WII) technique of extrapolation on the basis of data collected from a high tiger density area.
In 2006, the tiger occupancy was reported in 4,273 sq km area in Maharashtra. In 2010, it jumped to 10,350 sq km, a two-and-half-times increase.
"Since various threats faced by tigers do not appear to have diminished in last four years, it is difficult to explain the claimed reversal in decline of tigers. Has the forest increased or tigers?" asked Nitin Desai, Central India director for Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI).
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