A comprehensive census of tigers living in the world's largest mangrove forest, which straddles India and Bangladesh, has counted nearly 700 of the big cats, officials said. The results of the census suggested that the tigers are thriving and that poaching in the forest, called the Sundarbans, was under control, Bangladeshi officials said Saturday. Bangladesh has counted 419 adult tigers in its part of the forest, Environment and Forest Minister Tariqul Islam told a news conference. On the Indian side, there were 274 tigers, said Atanu Raha, chief conservator of forests in West Bengal state.
