The Malenad - Mysore tiger landscape currently maintains > 220 adult tigers, one of the greatest concentrations in the world, mainly due to intensive protection of its source sites such as Nagarahole National Park,
where tiger numbers have increased by 400 % after protection began in the early 1970s [17], [18], and has now maintained a high density for 30 years -LRB-[19], unpublished data).