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WPSI's Tiger Poaching Statistics

The WILDLIFE PROTECTION SOCIETY OF INDIA (WPSI) works with government enforcement agencies to apprehend tiger poachers and traders throughout India. WPSI also makes every effort to investigate and verify any seizure of tiger parts and unnatural tiger deaths that are brought to our notice.

The following figures represent only a fraction of the actual poaching and trade in tiger parts in India. The details below are compiled from reports received by WPSI from enforcement authorities, work carried out by WPSI, and other sources.

To date, WPSI has documented the following cases:

95 cases of tigers known to have been killed in 1994
121 tigers killed in 1995
52 tigers killed in 1996
88 tigers killed in 1997
39 tigers killed in 1998
81 tigers killed in 1999
52 tigers killed in 2000
72 tigers killed in 2001
46 tigers killed in 2002
38 tigers killed in 2003
38 tigers killed in 2004
46 tigers killed in 2005
37 tigers killed in 2006
27 tigers killed in 2007
29 tigers killed in 2008
32 tigers killed in 2009
30 tigers killed in 2010
13 tigers killed in 2011
32 tigers killed in 2012
43 tigers killed in 2013
23 tigers killed in 2014
26 tigers killed in 2015
50 tigers killed in 2016
38 tigers killed in 2017
34 tigers killed in 2018
38 tigers killed in 2019
31 tigers killed in 2020
56 tigers killed in 2021
39 tigers killed in 2022
56 tigers killed in 2023

WPSI also has records of a large number of tigers that were "found dead". Without verification of poaching evidence these deaths have not been included in the above figures. To reach an estimate of the magnitude of the poaching of tigers in India, it may be interesting to note that the Customs authorities multiply known offences by ten to estimate the size of an illegal trade.

The illicit demand for bones from wild tigers for use in traditional oriental medicine, coupled with the international trade in tiger skins, continues to be the main reason for the unrelenting poaching pressure on tigers in India. There is virtually no demand for either bones or skins of tigers within India.

Note: For tiger bone seizures, in the absence of skulls the number of dead tigers have been calculated by using an average of 12 kg of bones per tiger.

 

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TIGER MORTALITY

TIGER DEATHS IN 2024
 Mortality                     31
 Poaching &             
 Seizures                        6
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       Total                       37



TIGER DEATHS IN 2023
 Mortality                 150
 Poaching &               56
 Seizures                   
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       Total                   206


TIGER POACHING 1994-2023


LEOPARD MORTALITY

LEOPARD DEATHS IN 2024
 Mortality                102
 Poaching &              31
 Seizures             
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       Total                  133


LEOPARD DEATHS IN 2023
 Mortality                 410
 Poaching &             155
 Seizures             
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       Total                   565
     

LEOPARD POACHING 1994-2023



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