Lok Sabha Question No. 310 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Tiger Deaths
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair. Sreekandan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *310

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## Tiger Deaths

## *310.  SHRI V.K. SREEKANDAN:

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that a number of persons have lost their lives in the country during the year 2020 in tiger attacks;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is also true that the number of tiger deaths also increased during the said year;
- (d) whether it is a fact that there was a decline in the number of poaching incidents during 2020 but the number of tiger deaths was quite high during the year; and
- (e) if  so,  the  reasons  therefor  and  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  arrest  the increasing deaths of tigers in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI. BHUPENDER YADAV)

(a), (b), (c), (d) & (e):A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a), (b), (c), (d) & (e) OF THE LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *310  ON  TIGER  DEATHS  DUE  FOR REPLY ON 20.12.2021

- (a) & (b)  Yes Sir, as reported by States, 44 persons have died due to tiger attacks in the year 2020.
- (c) As  per  information  received  from  States,  there  are  106  tiger  deaths  in  the  year 2020.  There is no drastic increase or decrease in tiger mortality as compared to previous years.
- (d) Yes Sir, there are 14 poaching incidents in 2020 as compared to 27 in 2019.  The details  of  cause-wise  tiger  mortality  in  the  year  2019  and  2020,  as  reported  by States are at Annexure-I.
- (e) The  National  Tiger  Conservation  Authority  has  issued  generic  guidelines  for formulating a Security Plan for each tiger reserve which is operationalized in the overarching Tiger Conservation Plan, legally mandated under section 38 V of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

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Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *310  ON  TIGER  DEATHS  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON 20.12.2021

Details of cause-wise tiger mortality in the year 2019 and 2020, as reported by States

| Year   | N                                                                                                                        | UNP                                                                                                                      | US                                                                                                                       | P                                                                                                                        | Seizure                                                                                                                  | Total                                                                                                                    |
|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2019   | 44                                                                                                                       | 3                                                                                                                        | 22                                                                                                                       | 17                                                                                                                       | 10                                                                                                                       | 96                                                                                                                       |
| 2020   | 20                                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                                        | 71                                                                                                                       | 8                                                                                                                        | 7                                                                                                                        | 106                                                                                                                      |
| N      | Natural                                                                                                                  | Natural                                                                                                                  | Natural                                                                                                                  | Natural                                                                                                                  | Natural                                                                                                                  | Natural                                                                                                                  |
| UNP    | Unnatural not attributed to poaching (includes tigers died due to accidents, tigers eliminated in conflicts events etc.) | Unnatural not attributed to poaching (includes tigers died due to accidents, tigers eliminated in conflicts events etc.) | Unnatural not attributed to poaching (includes tigers died due to accidents, tigers eliminated in conflicts events etc.) | Unnatural not attributed to poaching (includes tigers died due to accidents, tigers eliminated in conflicts events etc.) | Unnatural not attributed to poaching (includes tigers died due to accidents, tigers eliminated in conflicts events etc.) | Unnatural not attributed to poaching (includes tigers died due to accidents, tigers eliminated in conflicts events etc.) |
| US     | Under Scrutiny                                                                                                           | Under Scrutiny                                                                                                           | Under Scrutiny                                                                                                           | Under Scrutiny                                                                                                           | Under Scrutiny                                                                                                           | Under Scrutiny                                                                                                           |
| P      | Poaching                                                                                                                 | Poaching                                                                                                                 | Poaching                                                                                                                 | Poaching                                                                                                                 | Poaching                                                                                                                 | Poaching                                                                                                                 |

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