HYDERABAD: Telangana has overcome many challenges in tiger conservation by developing a favourable atmosphere for growth in the big cat population in its tiger reserves.

The 2018 Tiger Status Report released on Monday morning said that Telangana has 26 big cats.

In 2014, there were 68 tigers in undivided Andhra Pradesh. The tiger population went up as now in 2018 the big cat count has risen to 74. Telangana has two tiger reserves, Amrabad and Kawal with abundant prey base and constant monitoring.

Releasing the results of the 2018 tiger census, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said there has been a 33 per cent rise in the population of tigers in the country. While Madhya Pradesh emerged the top tiger state with 526 of the big cats followed by Karnataka with 524. Other than Mizoram and Chattisgarh, all other states have witnessed increase in tiger numbers.

The total number of tigers in India has risen to 2,967, up from 2,226 in 2014.

