Why Indian's should feel more responsible about the Extinction of Tigers:

India is home to the world's largest population of tigers in the wild.According to the World Wildlife Fund, of the 3,500 tigers around the world, 1,400 are found in India.

A major concerted conservation effort, known as Project Tiger, has been underway since 1973, which was initially spearheaded by Indira Gandhi.The program has been credited with tripling the number of wild Bengal tigers from roughly 1,200 in 1973 to over 3,500 in the 1990s.

However, a tiger census carried out in 2007, whose report was published on February 12, 2008, stated that the wild tiger population in India declined by 60% to approximately 1,411.Additionally, eight new tiger reserves in India are being set up.Indian officials successfully started a project to reintroduce the tigers into the Sariska Tiger Reserve.

More About Project Tiger

Project Tiger is a wildlife Conservation movement initiated in India in 1972 to protect the Bengal Tiger's. The project aims at tiger conservation in specially constituted tiger reserves representative of various biogeographical regions throughout India. It strives to maintain a viable population of this conservation reliant species in their natural environment.Project Tiger helped increase the population of these tigers from 1,200 in the 1970s to 3,500 in 1990s.
However, a 2008 census held by Government of India revealed that the tiger population had dropped to 1,411. Since then the government has pledged US$153 million to further fund the project, set-up a Tiger Protection Force to combat poachers, and fund the relocation of up to 200,000 villagers to minimize human-tiger interaction.

Tiger Reserves in India

There are 41tiger reserves in India which are governed by Project Tiger.The largest Tiger Reseve is the NagarjunaSagar-Srisailam Abhayaranyam of Andhra Pradesh.

Kaziranga Tiger Reserve in Assam
Manas Tiger Reserve in Assam
Nameri Tiger Reserve in Assam
Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh
Pakhui Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh
Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve in Andhra Pradesh
Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar
Indravati Tiger Reserve in Chhattishgarh
Palamau Tiger Reserve in Jharkhand
Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka
Nagarhole (extension) Tiger Reserve in Karnataka
Bhadra Tiger Reserve in Karnataka
Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala
Annamalai-Parambikulam Tiger Reserve in Kerala/Tamil Nadu
Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh
Bori-Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh
Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh
Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh
Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh
Ratapani Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh
Melghat Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra
Pench Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra
Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra
Sahyadri Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra
Dampa Tiger Reserve in Mizoram
Simlipal Tiger Reserve in Orissa
Sunabeda Tiger Reserve in Orissa
Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan
Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan
Kalakad-Mundathurai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu
Mudumalai National Park in Tamil Nadu
Annamalai-Parambikulam Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu/Kerala
Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh
Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttaranchal
Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal
Sunderbans Tiger Reserve in West Bengal
Udanti & Sitanadi Tiger Reserve in Chattisgarh
Satkosia Tiger Reserve in Orissa
Achanakmar Tiger Reserve in Chattisgarh
Dandeli-Anashi Tiger Reserve in Karnataka
Sanjay Dubri Wildlife Sanctuary Guru Ghasidas National Park in Madhya Pradesh
Banerghatta tiger and lion reserve in Karnataka

About Bengal tiger

The Bengal tiger, or Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris[1], previously Panthera tigris bengalensis), is a subspecies of tiger, found in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, and southern Tibet. The Bengal tiger is the most numerous of the tiger sub-species. According to WWF there are about 2,100 Royal Bengal tigers in the wild today, including 1,411 in India, 450 in Bangladesh, 150 in Nepal, 100 in Bhutan, as well as a number in Burma and China.The Bengal tiger is historically regarded as the second largest subspecies after the Siberian tiger.The tiger Panthera tigris is the national animal of India.