SAVE TIGERSTIGERS IN TROUBLE

100 years ago there were 8 different kinds of tigers

(subspecies) - there were over 100,000 wild tigers in the world.

Today, there are only 5 tiger subspecies left and there are

fewer than 7,000 wild tigers in the world. The main threats to

tigers are poaching, loss of habitat, and population

fragmentation. INTRODUCTION

Not only is tiger a beautiful animal but it is also the indicator of the forest's health. Saving the tiger means we save the forest since tiger cannot live in places where trees have vanished and in turn secure food and water for all. If we make sure tigers live, we have to make sure that deer, antelope and all other animals that the tiger eats (its prey base) live.

Also forests catch and help store rainwater and protect soils. In this

way we protect our rivers and recharge groundwater sources. Areas with less trees lead to floods, killing

people and destroying homes. It takes away the precious soil, leaving behind

a wasteland. The soil jams up our lakes and dams, reducing their ability

to store water. By destroying the tiger's home, we not only harm tigers,

but also ourselves.

SAVING THE TIGER MEANS SAVING THE MANKIND

The tiger, one of the most magnificent animals in the world, is also one of the

most endangered. A cat of beauty, strength, and majesty, the tiger is master

of all and subject to none -- except humans.

The tiger thus becomes the symbol for the protection of all species on our earth since

it is at the top of the food chain. This is why we sometimes call the tiger, an apex predator, an indicator of our ecosystem's

health .

WHY SHOULD WE SAVE TIGER ?

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SAVE THE TIGER ?

Local institutions and people Scientists who were closely involved in managing tigers at

the local level pointed out an important lesson more than a decade ago: unless

local community needs are met, conservation of the tiger will not succeed

and protected areas will perish. Conservation of tiger habitat and of prey In

many areas peripheral to tiger habitat, grazing lands for livestock have been

converted to crops or degraded by excessive use; livestock is of poor quality

and of poor productivity; wood for fuel and building has been exhausted; and sources

of income are limited.

WHY SAVE THE TIGERS ?

"Do not cut down the forest with its tigers and do not vanish the tigers

from the forest.The tiger perishes without the forest,

and the forest perishes without its tigers.

Therefore the tiger should stand guard over the forest and the forest

should protect all its tigers". 

REASONS FOR THE ENDANGERED STATUS

The Tiger is endangered because it is poached for its body parts to cater to an illegal market. Another reason is habitat loss due

to depletion of forest cover interference of

humans and encroachment of forest land by people causing

fragmentation. At the turn of the century, there were almost reportedly 40,000 tigers in India, but now

only around 4,000 remain in the wild.

BENGAL TIGERS

Today, deforestation and urbanization have a major impact on the Bengal Tiger population.

Tigers are forced to move out from their natural habitats and as a result can no longer easily hunt

food.

Bengal Tigers form the largest subspecies of tigers in the world. Most commonly found in India and Bangladesh, they are the ‘national animal’ of both these countries. Living in grasslands and in

rainforests, they can weight up to 220kg. The Bengal Tiger population is very fragile today: they have nearly been driven to extinction and numerous projects are now in place to preserve

the population.

Although they do not typically hunt humans, they may do so in cases of

extreme hunger.

One particularly controversial incident was the complete loss of the Bengal

Tiger population in the ‘Sariska Tiger Reserve’ as a result of hunting.

Establishments and individuals who claim their trying to save or keep the species alive are simply

manipulating the truth to keep their unethical activities alive. Breeding of white tigers is nothing

short of evil and benefits the tiger species in no way what so ever.

THANK YOU

MADE BY – ATMIKA CHATURVEDI