State lost 160 tigers in five yrs, 41 either electrocuted or killed in road accidents
Nagpur: Road accidents and electrocution are the two major threats to tigers. In the last 5.5 years (2019-2024), 160 tigers died in Maharashtra. Of these, 21 died in road hits while 20 died due to electrocution, and 22 died due to poisoning and after getting entangled in wire snares.Information received from the forest department under the RTI Act by social activist Abhay Kolarkar reveals that 17 tigers died in 2019, 18 in 2020, 32 in 2021, 29 in 2022, 49 in 2023, and 15 in the first five months of 2024.
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