India, July 24 -- The Madhya Pradesh government will soon sign an agreement with Vantara Wildlife Rescue Centre in Gujarat's Jamnagar for gene mapping of tigers in the state to track their death, especially in human tiger conflicts, officials said.

According to Ashok Varnwal, additional chief secretary (forest), Vantara will provide its "scientific expertise" on gene mapping of wild animals.

"We will also have tiger experts from across the globe and scientists in preparing a database of gene mapping of tigers of MP for conservation, management and research purposes," he added.

The officials said that on direction of chief minister Mohan Yadav, a team of forest officers led by Varnwal visited Vantara a few days ago to explore possible c...