National
Animal Large
Asiatic carnivorous feline quadruped, Panthera Tigris, maneless, of
tawny yellow colour with blackish transverse stripes and white
belly, proverbial for its power and its magnificence. There
are very few tigers left in the world today. A decade ago the tiger population
in India had dwindled to a few hundreds. The Government of India, under
its Project Tiger programme, started a massive effort to preserve the
tiger population. Today, thanks to Project Tiger, India's population of
tigers has considerably increased.
