International Tiger Day, 2018 observed at Bokakhat & Dorakahara

 With an objective to create awareness among the masses on the need to protect the Royal Bengal Tiger, World Tiger Day was observed at Bokakhat.

• Cabinet Minister Bora felt that there is a need to increase the compensation amount which is given to the affected families when their livestock is killed or fatally attacked by tigers.
• He said that organisations working in the field of wildlife protection should come forward to work together with an attempt to reduce
  conflicts between man and wild animals, including tigers.

International Tiger Day, 2018:

• Global Tiger Day, often called International Tiger Day, is an annual celebration to raise awareness for tiger conservation, held annually on 29 July. It was created in 2010 at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit.
• The goal of the day is to promote a global system for protecting the natural habitats of tigers and to raise public awareness and support for tiger conservation issues.

Tiger Population Upsurge in Nationals Parks in Assam:

• A significant upsurge in the population of tigers was registered in two out of the four national parks in Assam.
• The preliminary report received from the famed Manas National Park and Orang National Park show a good rise in the number of tigers, where the presence of 30 tigers was recorded in Manas NP, 28 was the figure that came from Orang NP.
• Although the preliminary report of the two other national parks in the state, Kaziranga, and Nameri have not been submitted yet, the authorities are positive about the census showing the sign of an increase in tiger population in both the reserves.
• In fact, according to Kaziranga National Park’s director, Satyendra Singh, the count of tigers in the park might go up to 140 from 116 last year.

By: Ziyaur Rahman