The year 2022 was not a good one for wild tigers. According to official figures from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a total of 112 tigers died across India since January. Of them, 80 were male and 26 were female while the sex of six is unknown. Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest number of tiger deaths, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka.

According to www.tigernet.nic.in, a website that serves as the official database of the NTCA, a state agency under the ministry of environment, forest and climate change, Madhya Pradesh recorded 32 tiger deaths, while Maharashtra and Karnataka saw 27 and 15 respectively. The fewest tiger deaths were recorded in Bihar and Odisha, which saw two each. Apart from this, Uttarakhand, Assam and Kerala recorded six each while Rajasthan recorded four and Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu recorded three each. In 2021, according to the website, 127 tiger deaths were recorded.