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Since tigers are at the apex of the forest ecosystem, the stable population of the big cats prove that the delta’s ecosystem is also healthy.
“Most importantly the population range is close to last year’s range which proves the stability. There can be minor increase and decrease in the population,” Vyas said.
In 2014 a similar exercise had put the number of tigers at 76.
“You can say that the population is stable. It is more or less the same since the last survey,” said WWF’s Ratul Saha.
It was for the first time that cameras were set not only in the Sundarbans tiger reserve area but also outside it in the rest of South 24-Parganas forest division.
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:thehindu.com)
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