New Delhi : India’s 2018 Tiger Census has entered Guinness Book of World Records for being the world’s largest on-camera wildlife survey.
The fourth cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation 2018 estimated 2,967 tigers or 75 % of the global tiger population in the nation, according to PTI. The results of the same were declared on Global Tiger Day last year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar called this an great achievement and tweeted, ‘The All India Tiger Estimation is now in the Guinness World Records for being the largest camera trap wildlife survey, a great moment indeed and a shining example of Aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India)’.