Number of big cats in the Sunderbans were counted to be approximately _____ in 2015?

a. 75

b. 74

c. 73

d. 76

ANSWER: 76

Explanation:

Number of big cats in the Indian Sunderbans is healthy and rising.

A fresh camera trap has spotted 9 more tigers over the last year’s figures in the entire mangroves, including the tiger reserve area and the South-24 Parganas forest division.

The assessment exercise by the MoEF and WII has put India in 2015 as having the total tiger count in the Sunderbans at 76.

State foresters have put the number at more than 85 on the basis of camera trap images.

This indicates the largest mangrove forest in the world spanning two countries, the Sunderbans is reviving.

Camera trap images were analysed with the help of special software matching the stripe pattern of big cats to arrive at the figure of 85.

Recent sighting has shown the population inside the STR is healthy.

Camera trap exercise was started in December 2015 in the South 24 Parganas forest division as completed in April 2016.