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Pilibhit is one of the few well-forested districts in Uttar Pradesh. According to an estimate of the year 2004, Pilibhit district has over 800 km2 (310 sq mi) forests, constituting roughly 23% of the district's total area. Forests in Pilibhit have at least a good number of tigers and a good prey base for their survival as per records and assumption there were 36 tigers in 2016–17, then counts goes up till 45 in 2017–18, and present August 2019 to November 2020 there are 65 tigers in this reserve and more. Although some illegal human residents are still present in the reserve, the government is aiming to remove them. During winter tigers could easily be seen in the countryside near forest areas. It holds a wide range of different animal and bird species. | Pilibhit is one of the few well-forested districts in Uttar Pradesh. According to an estimate of the year 2004, Pilibhit district has over 800 km2 (310 sq mi) forests, constituting roughly 23% of the district's total area. Forests in Pilibhit have at least a good number of tigers and a good prey base for their survival as per records and assumption there were 36 tigers in 2016–17, then counts goes up till 45 in 2017–18, and present August 2019 to November 2020 there are 65 tigers in this reserve and more. Although some illegal human residents are still present in the reserve, the government is aiming to remove them. During winter tigers could easily be seen in the countryside near forest areas. It holds a wide range of different animal and bird species. | ||
Pilibhit forests area is a home for the striped cats, tigers, bears, and many species of birds. A proposal, created in 2005, to make a home for the endangered cats in Pilibhit forests was sent to the government of India in April 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=39098|title = Untitled Page}}</ref> | Pilibhit forests area is a home for the striped cats, tigers, bears, and many species of birds. A proposal, created in 2005, to make a home for the endangered cats in Pilibhit forests was sent to the government of India in April 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=39098|title = Untitled Page}}</ref> Pilibhit Tiger Reserve was declared in September 2008 based on its special type of [[ecosystem]] with vast open spaces and sufficient feed for the elegant predators.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-11/lucknow/27936945_1_tiger-reserve-dudhwa-reserve-dudhwa-tigers | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021190524/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-11/lucknow/27936945_1_tiger-reserve-dudhwa-reserve-dudhwa-tigers | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-10-21 | work=[[The Times of India]] |title = Pilibhit tiger reserve gets Central nod | Lucknow News}}</ref> | ||
===Geography of the reserve=== | ===Geography of the reserve=== | ||