Public can contribute to the corpus; thrust on education, research
Tiger conservation projects need not starve for funds henceforth. The State government has set up exclusive tiger conservation funds to finance conservation activities at tiger reserves.
The State has five tiger reserves – Bandipur, Nagarhole, Dandeli (Anshi), Bhadra and Biligiranganathaswamy in Mysore district. Each reserve generates an annual revenue of Rs 20 lakh to Rs 40 lakh and till now the money was credited to the state exchequer.