The ascendency of India as an economic world power

Indian government has recently decided to involve retired army personnel in the project of saving tigers. According to a recent survey conducted by Wildlife Institute of India, the number of tigers had declined in the last five years  and this is really alarming. The recent survey shows that India has less than 1500 tigers at this moment which is less than half of the number of tigers found in 2002 survey. In 2002, there were 3,642 tigers found across India.

Wildlife experts think that tiger poaching is the main reason of such decline in the number of tigers. Tigers are gradually getting victimized of the greedy traders. Moreover, excessive urbanization has also played a big part to lessen the number of wild tigers in India.

BBC reported:

Wildlife activists blame poaching and urbanisation for the decline and say the authorities must do more.

The announcement of the tiger protection force came among a list of "urgent measures" by the environment and forests ministry to protect the big cats in Indian forests.

The ministry did not specify how many ex-soldiers would be recruited.

Tiger is one of the most endangered wild animals in the world. India has about 40% of world’s tiger. So, it is the responsibility of Indian government to save this creature from extinction. It is good that the government has taken some initiative on this matter. I hope that the ex-army members will be able to save this endangered creature in India.