Although India has seen a 12 per cent rise in the population of Tigers, Madhya Pradesh has witnessed a decline in their numbers.

According to the latest tiger census report, the big cat population in Madhya Pradesh has dropped to 257 from 300 tigers in 2006.

Efforts are underway to revive the big cat population in Panna. Three tigresses and a tiger had been translocated to it from others parks since last year and the exercise has seemed to pay off with two felines giving birth to five cubs last year.

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