Kaziranga: Third-Highest Tiger Density Globally

Speedy Summary

• Kaziranga Tiger Reserve (KTR): Recorded highest tiger density in India after bandipur (Karnataka) and Corbett National Park (Uttarakhand).
• Tiger Count: 148 tigers documented in the 1,307 sq. km area of KTR during the 2024 survey.
• Growth Breakdown: Increase from 104 tigers in 2022 to 115 in Kaziranga’s core Eastern Assam Wildlife Division; Nagaon Wildlife Division maintained six tigers.
• Methodology: Camera traps utilized for a spatially explicit capture-recapture method; study conducted over December 2023-April 2024 resulting in identification of individual tiger stripe patterns.

– Total: Surveys included “13,157 trap nights” yielding “4,011 images.”
– Gender Composition: Identified as 83 females, 55 males, and ten undetermined gender.

• Conservation Drivers: Recent inclusion of encroachment-free areas totaling over 200 sq. KM.

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