In Nepal, doubling down on tiger conservation looks to pay off A century ago there were about 100,000 wild tigers spread across Asia’s various landscapes By the early 2000s, that number had plummeted by 95%, due largely to poaching and loss of habitat
World Tiger Day: How India went from 1411 tigers . . . - Times Now In India's beautiful, uninterrupted woods 200 years ago, there were reportedly 58,000 tigers roaming free But by the 1970s, less than 2,000 wild individuals remained due to centuries of hunting and habitat loss The government designated the tiger as India's national animal in 1973, outlawed hunting, and launched Project Tiger , Mirror Now News - Times Now
The truth about white tigers - World Wildlife Fund Learn four facts about white tigers, and captive tigers in general, that illustrate why the promotion of “endangered” white tigers, as just one example, is a ploy of those wanting to profit from captive tigers while providing no benefit to wild tiger conservation
Why White Tigers Should Go Extinct | Big Cat Rescue | Wild . . . They seem almost magical, and yet I firmly believe that the world would be a better place if there was not a single white tiger in it There are only about 4,000 tigers, at most, remaining in the wild Yet there are probably tens of thousands of captive tigers around the world (there is no official census)
The True Story of Machli, the Worlds Most Famous Tiger The True Story of Machli, the World's Most Famous Tiger In her 19 years, Machli attacked crocodiles, defended cubs from males, and managed to survive for years with one eye
A New Strategy for Saving The World’s Wild Big Cats Populations of many of the world’s wild cats are plummeting, with the number of tigers falling to roughly 3,200 In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Alan Rabinowitz, a leading wild cat biologist, lays out a vision of how populations of these magnificent creatures can be brought back from the brink
Last Chance to Save Wild Tigers - CHINA TODAY “Over the past 100 years, the number of wild tigers in the world has dropped sharply from 100,000 to 3,500 The presence of wild tigers signifies a healthy ecosystem If we do not make efforts to reverse the trend, wild tigers will soon perish on this planet, causing severe damage to the biodiversity of Asia and our ecology ”