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In this photograph taken on December 21, 2014, a Royal Bengal Tiger pauses in a jungle clearing in Kaziranga National Park, some 280kms east of Guwahati. Kaziranga was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006 and has the highest density of tigers in the world (one per five sqkm), with a population of 118, according to the latest census by the government of Assam. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STRDEL/AFP via Getty Images)

In this photograph taken on December 21, 2014, a Royal Bengal Tiger pauses in a jungle clearing in Kaziranga National Park, some 280kms east of Guwahati.   Kaziranga was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006 and has the highest density of tigers in the world (one per five sqkm), with a population of 118, according to the latest census by the government of Assam.  AFP PHOTO/STR        (Photo credit should read STRDEL/AFP via Getty Images)