The
large Asiatic carnivorous feline quadruped, Panthera
tigris, maneless, of tawny yellow colour with blackish
transerve stripes and white belly, proverbial for
its power and its magnificence is the national animal
of India.
There
are very few tigers left in the world today. A decade
ago the tiger population in India had dwindled to
a few hundreds.
The
Government of India, under its Project Tiger Programme,
started a massive effort to preserve the tiger population.
Today,
thanks to Project Tiger, India's population of tigers
is in a comfortable Position.