Periyar Tigers Counting Finishes

22 December 2013

Kattappana

The assessment of the status of tigers, co predators and prey in the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) as part of a national survey will conclude on Monday. It is for the first time that an elaborate estimation of the tiger population, their co-predators, and habitat are being simultaneously conducted using specially developed software data analysis.The survey is being conducted in the States of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu together.

In PTR, the process of estimation and analysis of the data is done solely by the trained staff using electronic equipment, PTR deputy director Sanjayankumar said on Sunday. It is to compile the complete data and it will be published in 2014, the third of the survey edition of tigers in the country.

In the first phase, the data and other details will be physically collected. The second phase will involve the geographical mapping of the area of habitat. In the final phase, the camera trapping will be collected.

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