(FILES) File picture taken on January 22

(FILES) File picture taken on January 22, 2002 shows a tiger crossing a road in the Ranthambore National Park in India's northwestern Rajasthan state. India's rare Royal Bengal Tiger population has plunged to 1,411, drastically lower than the estimated 3,700 believed to exist five years ago, officials said on February 12, 2008. The census, which took almost two years to complete, counted the big cat population inside dedicated reserves and those in forests, said Qamar Qureshi, a scientist with the Wildlife Institute of India which conducted the survey. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read ADITYA SINGH/AFP via Getty Images)