Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest known national park established in India in the year 1936 with the name as Hailey National Park to protect the endangered Bengal tiger. This habitat to India Tigers situated in Nainital and Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand. This park got its name after famous hunter and nature activist Sir Edward Jim Corbett. This park was the first in India to be abided by the “Project Tiger initiative”. Tiger is the prime marauder and important specie that has an eminent place in food chain. The role of Tigers in nature is to manage the population of feed animals for a healthy balance. A Tiger is killed, once every week 50-60 times a year on an average. If there will be no Tigers, the populations of prey animals will rise to a limit that is beyond control, and as a result the herbivores population will affect the flora composition of the jungle. This will impact all constituents of the forests including insects, birds, reptiles, and other micro-organisms and the whole chain of nature will come apart.
The closest established available species of Tiger are Lion, Panther (Leopard), Jaguar and Snow Leopard. There have been over nine subspecies of Tiger observed today and out of these nine subspecies, three have vanished in the last century. All the available subspecies are threatened of poaching, illegal trade as done for Tiger body parts, some killed due to man-animal conflict and shrinking dwelling place.
Today Tiger lives in small and secluded communities through its diverse variety. If not provided adequate safety, the species will soon get lost within this or upcoming century. As per stats from recent research, Corbett Tiger Reserve currently has the highest number of Tigers than any other existing reserve on the planet. If this precious species has to endure, the count of this population in reserves like Corbett Tiger Reserve have to be given more consideration. Corbett National Park is one of the few tiger reserves of India that allows you to stay for overnight in the National Park.