India todayhas the largest number of tigers in the world, between 3,600 to 4,000 in number. The tiger population is widely distributed over the forests of India ranging from the sub-alpine Himalayas to down south and across east-west, but excluding Kashmir valley and the desert and arid portions of Rajasthan and Kutch. But the fact remains that the tiger is in danger of extinction. The Project Tiger was launched in India in 1973-74 as a conservation programme for saving the Indian Tiger Population. Now there are 28 tiger reserves in India.