INTRODUCTION

Length is upto 11.1ft(approx.).

An average Tiger weights upto 388 KG.

Tiger’s are the world’s most charismatic mega

fauna.

Kingdom : Animalia

Phylum : Chordata

Class : Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Felidae

Genus: Pantherna

Species : Tigris

CLASSIFICATION OF TIGER

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

• To Study about various national projects, to save

tigers have been conducted

• To understand when were these projects started and

what help government offered to it

• To know about the reasons for what so many tigers

are being killed

• To make note of which are the other places where

this project was launched and what are its effects

There were once nine subspecies of tigers: Bengal, Siberian, Indochinese, South Chinese, Sumatran, Malayan, Caspian, Japan and Bali.

Of these, the last three are extinct, one is extinct in the wild, and the rest are

endangered.

In the early 1900s, there were around 100,000 tigers throughout their range.

HISTORICAL STATUS

•Tigers are endangered and there are a total of around 3,000-4,500 exist in the wild.

•South Chinese tigers are extinct in the wild.

•The Japan, Bali, and Caspian tiger are extinct.

PRESENT STATUS

To date, Yearwise report of Tiger Death cases:

95 cases of tigers known to have been killed in 1994121 tigers killed in 199552 tigers killed in 199688 tigers killed in 199739 tigers killed in 199881 tigers killed in 199952 tigers killed in 200072 tigers killed in 200146 tigers killed in 200238 tigers killed in 200338 tigers killed in 200446 tigers killed in 200537 tigers killed in 200627 tigers killed in 200729 tigers killed in 200832 tigers killed in 200930 tigers killed in 201013 tigers killed in 2011

PIE CHART ON TIGER’S UNIVERSAL POPULATION

India holds over half the world's tiger population.

According to the latest tiger census report released on

March 28, 2011 by the National Tiger Conservation

Authority, the current tiger population estimated is

1,706 (i.e. ranging between a minimum of 1,571 to a

maximum of 1,875). The results include figures from

17 Indian states with a tiger population.

Current Status of Tiger in India