The Tiger
2010 CE • Asia
The largest of all cats over the past 100 years, tiger numbers declined by over 95%. Three tiger subspecies the Bali, the Javan, the Caspian have gone extinct. The South China Tiger has not been seen in the wild in over in 25 years. and of the five remaining tiger subspecies all are critically endangered or endangered and threatened with extinction. - IUCN
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Don’t buy or consume products made from tiger parts, and report illegal wildlife activity to the authorities.
Support organizations that are focused on conservation efforts to protect tigers.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Visit Panthera and the World Wildlife Fund.
Video Source: Cornell Audio Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology 1. World Wildlife Fund. (23 May 2007). Factsheet: Tigers. Panda.org. Retrieved from http://www.panda.org/?uNews-ID=62980 2. IUCN. Panthera Tigris. IUCNredlist.org. Retrieved from http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redli... 3. World Wildlife Fund. The South Asian Tiger Possibly Extinct in the Wild? Worldwildlife.org. Retrieved from http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/...
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