The document discusses the 'Project Tiger' wildlife conservation initiative launched in India in 1973 to protect Bengal tigers. It aims to conserve tigers through specially designated tiger reserves across bio-geographical regions of India. The project strives to maintain viable tiger populations in their natural habitats.

1. ‘ Project Tiger ‘ is a wildlife conservation project
initiated in India in 1972 to protect the Bengal
Tigers. It was launched on 1 April, 1973 and has
become one of the most successful wildlife
conservation ventures. The project aims at tiger
conservation in specially constituted tiger
reserves representative of various
bio-geographical regions throughout India. It
strives to maintain a viable tiger population in
their natural environment.

2. Project tigers in India

3. Most Tigers live in Asia, specifically throughout
Southeast Asia, China, Korea and Russia. Tigers
like to live in swamps, grasslands, and rain forests.
Usually where Tigers live there are trees, bushes,
and clumps of tall grass. It shades the Tiger from
the sun when it's extremely hot. Not only does this
protect them from the sun, it also helps them to
camouflage with their surroundings and surprise
their prey. Unlike other cats, Tigers love the water
and are very sensitive to heat. Tigers are very
powerful swimmers. Most Tigers will soak in water
usually after making a kill. Tigers are most likely
found eating grass or other animals such as deer,
buffalo, wild cattle and wild boars, also from time
to time they will eat fish and crabs.

4. Nature and Habitat
for Tigers
Tigers were mostly found throughout much of
eastern and southern Asia, but now there
habitats have shrinked because of the human
activities. These human activities are
deforestation for agricultural use, hunting of
tigers and polluting of the earth which is
causing rapid ecosystem changes. Now the
tigers are mostly found in India, Sumatra and
Siberia. Siberian Tigers are the largest tigers
in the world according to their weight and

5.  For their skin which is very
expensive.
 People kill them for their fun.
 For some expensive medicines.
 People kill tigers because tigers
attack their livestock, such as cows
and buffaloes, and this makes people
want to get rid of tigers.

7. Long-term research in Pench was initiated by the study
on the interactions between wild animal and their
habitat in the Pench Sanctuary by Shukla (1990). This
was followed by a tiger-prey estimation study by
Karanth and Nichols (1998). Since 1995 the Wildlife
Institute of India has initiated a series of studies
beginning with a long-term radio-telemetry study on
the gaur (Bos frontalis) (Sankar et al. 2000a), followed
by the creation of a spatial mapping database for the
Tiger Reserve (Sankar et al. 2000b). Short-term
Master’s studies at the Wildlife Institute of India
increased the knowledge on avifauna (Jayapal 1997),
wild herbivores (Acharya 1997), and tiger food

8. Magisterial power to officers.
More vehicles: 4 wheelers for Range Officers and 2 Wheelers for Deputy
Ranger/Forester.
Wireless network to forest guard level.
More support such as house, education for children, drinking water, medical
care for staff.
Increase in patrolling/anti-poaching activities.
Special allowance for staff.
Rewards for staff (like Governor's medal, President's Medal)8.
Intelligence funds.
Smooth flow of funds.
Sensitization of Police/Administration/Judiciary etc.
Filling up of vacancies

9. NAMDAPHA TIGER RESERVE
The forest personnel are provided with arms and
ammunitions but have not been provided with legal
powers to use these arms for the protection of the
tiger project. It has been experienced over the
years that at the time of necessity, management
does not get any armed force from the local law
and order maintenance authority since the
deployment of force inside the tiger project comes
last in their priority of work. If at all the force is
deployed it shows no initiative or involvement in
going inside the forest. Thus it is important that
forest staff and officials should be legally
empowered to use to fire-arms for discharge of

10. Conclusion
Therefore, by this we get to know
that if we are going to kill the
tigers our natural habitat is going
to be demolished and we are not
going to see them again so from
now start saving the tigers.
Thank you-
P.P.T by
vivek barnwal