The tiger, we all know, is in deep trouble. Globally, there are now just 3,200 tigers left in the wild. In India they are down to around 1,700, according to a recent tiger census - from an estimated population of 40,000 a century ago - just 2% of the population 100 years ago. Four sub-species are now extinct - the Bali, Javan, Caspian, and South China. Shere Khan is teetering on the very brink of extinction. Panna and Sariska confessed, when challenged by a group of students from the Wildlife Institute of India, to the non-existence of tigers in their reserves. This was eight years ago – having misled tiger-trailers for years!

Today, 38,000 square kilometres of wilderness in India is protected, across 500 parks, reserves, and sanctuaries, shielding tigers and other wildlife from poaching, and flora from deforestation, and overgrazing. Project Tiger in India has been one of the world's most passionate campaigns.

Pench is one of India's lesser known parks. A couple of hours drive from the city of Nagpur, it is situated along the southern boundary of Madhya Pradesh, bordering Maharashtra, spread over an area of 752 sq km in the lower southern reaches of the Satpura hills. Wilder and less-visited, it is perhaps the only park in Madhya Pradesh that has a walking trail complete with four observation towers - and no one seems to have used it!

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	Pench National Park The tiger, we all know, is in deep trouble. Globally, there are now just 3,200 tigers left in the wild. In India they are down to around 1,700, according to a recent tiger census - from an estimated population of 40,000 a century ago - just 2% of the population 100 years ago. Four sub-species are now extinct - the Bali, Javan, Caspian, and South China. Shere Khan is teetering on the very brink of extinction. Panna and Sariska confessed, when challenged by a group of students from the Wildlife Institute of India, to the non-existence of tigers in their reserves. This was eight years ago – having misled tiger-trailers for years! Today, 38,000 square kilometres of wilderness in India is protected, across 500 parks, reserves, and sanctuaries, shielding tigers and other wildlife from poaching, and flora from deforestation, and overgrazing. Project Tiger in India has been one of the world's most passionate campaigns. Pench is one of India's lesser known parks. A couple of hours drive from the city of Nagpur, it is situated along the southern boundary of Madhya Pradesh, bordering Maharashtra, spread over an area of 752 sq km in the lower southern reaches of the Satpura hills. Wilder and less-visited, it is perhaps the only park in Madhya Pradesh that has a walking trail complete with four observation towers - and no one seems to have used it! Read the entire article in the print edition of The South Asian Life & Times subscribe@the-south-asian.com
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