âFDA-clearedâ means a test system has been reviewed by the FDA and has been determined to be substantially equivalent to a test system already legally marketed for the same use. This could apply to waived, moderate or high complexity test systems.
The study estimates that there are now 3,890 wild tigers, up from 3,200 in 2010, when countries announced a historic commitment to double the population by 2022. Countries appear to be heading toward their goal, and this is the first time tiger numbers have been increasing globally in more than a hundred years.
According to reports, there were 40,000 tigers in India a century ago. The country is home to 40% of the world's tigers, with 23 tiger reserves in 17 states. The 2006 count found a steep fall in India's tiger population to 1,411 from 3,642 animals in a federal census in 2002. Poaching and urbanisation are blamed for the decline in tiger numbers in the country.