Summary:
This is a suspected case of tiger poaching. While the controversy over the killing of man-eating tigress Avni at Yavatmal is simmering, the state forest department has unearthed a suspected case of tiger poaching and smuggling of wildlife products in and around the Melghat tiger reserve (MTR) in Amravati. He added in August, some forest guards had chanced on a group of people inside the tiger reserve. The species and numbers are being confirmed," said a senior MTR official, adding they had leads for a poaching case inside the reserve in 2013. Tiger CensusAccording to the tiger census, results for which were released in 2014, India has 2,226 tigers, up from 1,706 in 2010..