India lost 329 tigers in 3 years, including 29 due to poaching, says MoS Environment Ashwini Kumar Choubey in Lok Sabha
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India lost 329 tigers in the last three years due to poaching, natural and unnatural causes, the government has said. As many as 307 elephants have died in this period due to poaching, electrocution, poisoning and train accidents, it added. According to data presented by Union Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Kumar Choubey in Lok Sabha on Monday, 96 tigers died in 2019, 106 in 2020 and 127 in 2021.