120 miles of Russian forest couldn’t keep these two tigers apart When Russian scientists released a pair of orphaned Amur tiger cubs into the wild in a remote corner of Russia’s far east in 2014, they were trying to save a species While the tigers, sometimes called Siberian tigers and the world’s largest big cats, remain endangered, the scientists created
Frequently Asked Questions - Tiger | WWF India Tigers are considered as Endangered under the IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species There has been steep decline in the tiger population all across the world At the beginning of the last century, it is believed that worldwide, there were possibly many thousands of tigers in the wild with about a few thousands of those in India
International Tiger Day: History, Reasons for Decline in . . . The significance of this day can be gauged from the fact that currently, there are only 3890 wild tigers left globally, as per World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Despite many efforts by various governments in conserving tigers from the year 1970’s, the tiger population showed a rapid dip in number
More Tigers in American Backyards than in the Wild One of the world’s largest populations of tigers exists not in the wild—but in captivity in the United States With an estimated 5,000 tigers, the U S captive tiger population exceeds the approximately 3,200 tigers in the wild
Siberian Tigers - Education The Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is the world's largest cat But with only 400 left in the wild, this rare giant is in danger of extinction due to poaching and habitat loss Join Wild Chronicles on an expedition to Russia, where researchers have the rare opportunity to study this elusive species up close at a wildlife sanctuary