- As per the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s (NTCA), during 2018 (till December 15, 2018) 95 tigers died in the country. Out of 95 tiger deaths, 41 cases of deaths outside tiger reserves have been reported.
- A total of 19 tiger deaths were recorded in Maharashtra in 2018, of this 14 occurred outside tiger reserves, which accounted for over 34% of all deaths outside tiger reserves in the country. It means deaths outside tiger reserves comprise more than 70% of all tiger deaths in the State.
- The NTCA maintains the official database of tiger mortality in the country, and compiles figures from reports sent by different States on the basis of recovery of bodies or seizure of body parts.
- As per the last tiger estimation exercise in the country in 2014, Maharashtra is home to 190 tigers, but more than a third of its tigers, or about 74 of them, live outside tiger reserves in the State.
- After Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh recorded 22 deaths (11 outside and 11 inside tiger reserves), followed by Karnataka, with 15 deaths (6 outside tiger reserves and 9 inside tiger reserves) being recorded. These three States comprise 60% of tiger deaths.
