Wildlife groups say 41 tigers have died in India in seven months

Conservationists say India is not doing enough to protect tigers six months after country claimed tiger population was growing fast

Six months after India boasted that its tiger population was growing fast, conservationists said 41 big cats had already died this year and worried that the country was not doing enough to save them.

Despite awareness campaigns, India's National Tiger Conservation Authority and the wildlife group Traffic on Wednesday said only seven of the big cats died from natural causes, one was killed by authorities and the rest were illegally poached between January and August.