# Canonical recap data for Project Tiger Wildlife Initiative Launched (1973)
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slug: project-tiger
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1973/project-tiger"
title: Project Tiger Wildlife Initiative Launched
subtitle: India established the first coordinated international effort to save an endangered species from extinction, setting the template for modern conservation.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1973-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1973
decade: 1970
country:
name: India
slug: india
summaryShort: Project Tiger is a wildlife conservation movement initiated in India to protect the endangered tiger. The project was initiated in 1973 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the Government of India. As of March 2025, there are 58 protected areas that have been designated as tiger reserves under t
summaryLong: Project Tiger is a wildlife conservation movement initiated in India to protect the endangered tiger. The project was initiated in 1973 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the Government of India. As of March 2025, there are 58 protected areas that have been designated as tiger reserves under the project. As of 2022, there were 3,682 wild tigers in India, which is almost 75% of the world's wild tiger population.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/When_the_big_cat_turned_to_my_camera%21.jpg/1280px-When_the_big_cat_turned_to_my_camera%21.jpg"
heroImageCredit: NIKHIL CHAMARTY · via Wikipedia
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Tiger"
  title: Project Tiger
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- launch
metaDescription: Project Tiger is a wildlife conservation movement initiated in India to protect the endangered tiger. The project was initiated in 1973 by the Ministry of Envir
wikidataQid: Q3180609
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260515010248/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Tiger"
  capturedAt: 2026-05-15
  label: Project Tiger
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Tiger"
