Tigers in the Greater Mekong region | WWF Public awareness-raising across the Greater Mekong’s tiger range states about tigers and the threats they face The global wild tiger population currently stands at 3,890, down from an estimated 5,000-7,000 during the last Year of the Tiger in 1998, but higher than the all-time low of 3,200
Humans Like Us (About 100,000 Years Ago) | A Story of Us: A . . . By 100,000 years ago, humans walked the Earth who were very similar to us physically and genetically, but they lived in small family bands and their culture was much simpler than the culture of any humans living today
Why Tigers | WWF Tigers have immense cultural value at global, national and local levels as well as to a variety of Indigenous Peoples and local communities Many of these communities live near or in tiger habitat and preserving tigers can also preserve traditional cultures
Bringing tigers back to Cambodia - Wildlife Alliance Once upon a time, tigers once roamed over a huge area, from Turkey to Russia’s eastern coast, but by the end of the 20th century their numbers had plummeted In fact, between 1993 and 2014, around half of the world’s tigers were lost Why? Tigers need large territories to hunt and breed effectively
World’s second breeding population of Indochinese tigers . . . Thailand’s wild tiger populations have been driven to the brink of extinction chiefly due to habitat loss, rampant poaching, and overhunting of their prey animals Fewer than 200 wild tigers are