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TIGER
2000
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National
Geographic have joined forces with the WWF in Tiger
2000 to highlight the problems still facing tigers.
Tigers still face an uncertain future. Poaching still exists to feed
the illegal wildlife trade in tiger bone, skins and even tigers as
exotic pets. Since before the 19th century people have hunted tigers.
In the 1800's thousands of tigers were killed, causing a rapid decline
in their populations. Records show the population fell from 100,000
at the turn of the last century to about 4,000 in the 1950's. |
FACTS
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- World population
of tigers stands at 5,000 - 7,000.
- The tiger
population has declined by an alarming 95% over the past 100 years.
- Three out
of the eight tiger sub-species are already extinct
- The South-China
tiger is now the most at risk, with only 20-30 thought to exist
in the wild.
- Even though
its illegal, people are still killing tigers to sell their body
parts on the black market.
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| How
many are left |
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| Bali
Tiger (P.t. balica) |
Extinct |
| Caspian
Tiger (P.t. virgata) |
Extinct |
| Javan
Tiger (P.t. sondaica) |
Extinct |
| Bengal
Tiger (P.t. tigris) |
3,000
- 5,000 |
| Chinese
Tiger (P.t. amoyensis) |
20
- 50 |
| Indo-Chinese
(P.t. corbetti) |
1,500
- 2,000 |
| Siberian
Tiger (P.t. altaica) |
300
- 500 |
| Sumatran
Tiger (P.t. sumatrae) |
500
- 800 |
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Visit
WWFs
Tiger 2000 site. Go
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Visit
National Geographics
Tiger 2000 site. Go
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Adopt
a Tiger
through WWF. Go
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