112 elephant, 23 tiger deaths in 2025-26: Parl data

India recorded 112 elephant deaths and 23 tiger deaths in 2025-26 due to poaching, electrocution and train accidents, per parliamentary data.

Elephant deaths in 2025-26: 80 electrocuted, 22 in train accidents, 10 poached, totaling 112.

Tiger deaths in 2025-26: 17 poached, 2 in train accidents, 4 electrocuted, totaling 23.

The Ministry of Environment, through Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh, cited funding under Project Tiger and Project Elephant for habitat protection and anti-poaching.

Experts attribute high casualties to habitat fragmentation and loss, with elephants increasingly entering human-dominated areas.