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Karanth, K.U.
How many tigers? Field censuses in India
  (unknown): 2-9

The long-term prospects of the tiger surviving as a free ranging species depend largely on its chances of doing so in India. Indian tigers constitute over half of the estimated total wild population, and are distributed over a large area and a diversity of habitats. And the scale and scope of the Indian tiger conservation strategy seems to be unmatched elsewhere.

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