Wild Wild Best: How India is emerging as the Big Daddy of big cats
India has formally announced the establishment of the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), with one-time budgetary support of Rs 150 crore until 2028. The initiative aims to conserve seven big cats – lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, snow leopard, jaguar and puma. Five of the felines are found in the country and their conservation has been a great success
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India is home to 75 per cent of the world’s wild tiger population. It’s the only abode for Asiatic lions. It has successfully reintroduced the cheetah and the leopard and snow leopard population is on the rise. The country’s conservation story is worth boasting about and there are bigger plans in place, as the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) takes shape.
The Union Cabinet on Thursday formally announced the establishment of this initiative with a one-time budgetary support of Rs 150 crore from the Centre until 2028. The secretariat of the IBCA will be located in India.
We take a look at what the IBCA is and how India has emerged as the global leader in the conservation of big cats.
