A wildlife group’s data on tiger fatalities shows there were 139 deaths last year, 13 more than what National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) reported last week.

Sarosh Lodhi, Conservation, Lenses and Wildlife (CLaW) co-founder and a conservation photographer, told mid-day, “In 2021, 139 tigers died as per our data, while NTCA reported 126 mortalities.” He added that 2021 registered a 33 per cent rise in tiger deaths in comparison to 2020 (106 deaths).