The tiger population in Uttarakhand’s Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) has gone up to 252 in 2020.
This is an increase of 21 from 231 in one year, according to the annual tiger population estimation exercise jointly conducted by the state forest department and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). During the estimation exercise of the big cats, a total of 7019 locations are covered by camera traps.
Of the total 252, 119 are said to be females, 91 are males, while 41 remain unidentified.
