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The Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) has been ranked number four among tiger reserves in the country as Uttar Pradesh recorded a rise of 18.49% in the total tiger population in four years, according to the state level data shared under Status of Tigers in India report on Saturday.o)..
The rise is almost double (88.07%) since 2006, when there were 109 tigers in the state..
U.Ps share in the Shivalik range, which comprises Bihar, Uttarakhand and U,P, is 205 out of total 819 tigers reported in the Census in the Shivalik Range, said Mamata Sanjeev Dubey, head of the forest force Uttar Pradesh and the principal chief conservator of forests..
In the Shivalik hills and Gangetic plains landscape, the count went up from 646 in 2018 to 819 (camera trapped tigers) by 2022, a rise of 173..
The Western Ghats landscape spanning parts of four states recorded 1087 tigers in 2022 as compared to 981 tigers in 2018..
