Tiger Mortality
  • Recording Deaths
  • Case Status
  • Location-wise
  • Mortality Cause
  • Reserve-wise
  • State-wise
  • Month-wise
  • Year-wise
  • Gender Wise & Age Wise
  • Mortality Details 2021
  • Mortality Details 2022
  • Mortality Details 2023
  • Mortality Details 2024
  • Mortality-details-2025
  • Mortality-Details-2026

PROCESS FOR ANALYZING TIGER MORTALITY

 

The rigor which goes into maintaining record of tiger deaths in India is as follows;

1. No tiger death is entered into the database, unless an authentic source from the State Government reports a tiger mortality.

2. Even if a tiger death is reported from third party sources to the NTCA, a confirmation is obtained from the State before recording it.

3. All tiger deaths are dealt as per SOP issued by the NTCA in this regard under suitable provisions of India’s Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Non compliance is viewed seriously and in certain cases, if the situation so warrants, an inquiry is instituted by the Regional Office of the NTCA.

4. The onus of proving a case as natural or poaching, (with adequate evidences like Necropsy report, Pathology report, Coloured photographs, Forensic reports and other report as per the SOP format) rests with the State.

5. There may be instances, wherein, the necropsy report provides clinching evidence to ascertain cause of death.

6. However, in absence of such evidences, supporting reports as listed above are used to come to a conclusion.

7. This analysis is done at the NTCA Headquarters at Delhi. Once ascertained, a cause is finally ascribed to a tiger’s death. In the event of any doubt, in spite of the evidences, the case is closed as poaching.