India’s government claims that their tiger population has risen by a third, in just the last four years. Going by those estimates, the country could quadruple the world’s tiger population through its conservation efforts. But do those efforts have to include killing the maneaters? The answer as you can imagine, is complicated.

Produced by: Sumitra Selvaraj

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs, Sumitra Selvaraj, Sharmilla Ganesan

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