Read more Project Tiger stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/22799/project-tiger.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 24 May 2012 19:15:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/18904/tiger-numbers-plummet-in-india.htmlRob Quinn<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=73487&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401021922' border='0' />At least half of India's Bengal tiger population has vanished in the last five years, according to the latest alarming census of the endangered predators. A Project Tiger conservationist blamed "poaching, and loss of quality habitat and prey," reports AFP. A 2002 survey estimated there were 3,700 tigers in...A tiger at the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Corbett National Park, India. A new survey has found that there are far less of the endangered tigers than had been previously estimated. (AP Photo/Corbett Tiger Reserve,HO)http://www.newser.com/story/18904/tiger-numbers-plummet-in-india.htmlWed, 13 Feb 2008 11:50:58 CST