In spite of such a large landmass area, India supports only a very small percentage as protected area network. A large and effective protected area network is a natural solution to deal with the vagaries of climate.

Kanha tiger reserve supports a wide range of carnivore and herbivore species. They coexist together in different habitats and niches for survival. They draw energy from each other and remain in the same ecological chain of survival. While carnivores have their own hunting techniques their prey species also have their own defence mechanism. This battleground, so to speak, of life and death continues by the natural law of survival of the fittest.

Under Project Tiger the tiger population in the country is rising but so are tiger deaths. The article discusses the reasons behind 'natural deaths' that also need to be taken as an indicator of the success of tiger conservation.