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Dilip Banerjee India's tiger numbers up. Salute to unsung women who have helped! Last updated on: January 20, 2015 12:27 IST In the jungles of the Pench National Park and Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, 28 brave women walk 20 km every day. They often come across t Read more ... igers, leopards, bears, bison and other wild animals. But there is another species far deadlier that often crosses their path: Humans. Prasanna D Zore reports on a mini women’s army in India’s fight back against poachers and hunters, which has shown promising results as latest figures show that tiger numbers are up 30 per cent. For a group of 28 women in the region around the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border, saving tigers isn’t just some fancy phrase; it’s their life. There were 1,700-odd tigers left in India’s wilds at last count; 66 of them died last year, mostly killed by poachers, and three have died already this year (two in Tamil Nadu and one in Karnataka), per the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s data base that tracks tiger mortality. But per the latest figures just released by the environment ministry tiger numbers are up 30 per cent from 1,706 to 2,226 in the latest census. “Ours is a mini army to protect the wildlife,” Aarati says. Read More & See Photos at http://www.rediff.com/getahead/report/achievers-aarati-fule-saving-the-tigers-1/20150115.htm?pos=2&src=NL20150116&trackid=tcPcvYxWY/Ms+8sUr8KpesPSVKFdL/htxmN/IbQ5FVk=&isnlp=0&isnlsp=0