How captive tigers are bought and sold in America . . . The trouble with tigers in America As a subculture of enthusiasts raises and breeds the big cats, authorities now say there probably are more of the animals in cages in the United States than in
Global Tiger Numbers Rise, Southeast Asia Faces Habitat Threats What is the Status of Tiger Conservation in World? The wild tiger status is good in South Asia and Russia, but the picture in Southeast Asia is grim, posing challenges to the global tiger population recovery There has been an overall increase in the tiger population by 60%, taking the number to 5,870
Protecting Tiger Habitat in Sumatra: Challenges and . . . According to the World Wildlife Fund, the world has lost 97 percent of wild tigers in just over a century and less than 3,500 tigers remain in the wild today There are currently 13 tiger-range countries in the world, including Indonesia with six priority Tiger Conservation Landscapes (TCLs) in Sumatra, i e protected areas to conserve tigers
Different tiger colors and their implications for welfare and . . . If you ask a group of people what their favorite animal is, chances are at least some of them will answer “white tigers” In fact many people seem to think of white tigers as fundamentally different from orange tigers, while in reality the only major difference is their coloration as determined by genetics [1] While orange is by far the most commonly found tiger coloration in the wild
A turning point for tigers | Magazine Articles | WWF By 2010, an estimated 3,200 tigers survived in the wild—a faint shadow of the roughly 100,000 that roamed Asia a century earlier Today, the big cats are found in less than 5% of their historical range Yet as we usher in the lunar Year of the Tiger, there’s reason for hope
White Tiger Animal Facts - Panthera tigris tigris - A-Z Animals Estimates of around 100,000 Tigers found in the jungles and mangrove swamps of Asia were made at the beginning of the 1900s, but today there are thought to be less than 8,000 Tigers in the wild, with around 2,000 of these being Bengal Tigers There are no White Tiger individuals known to be found outside of captivity