- Imagine Our World Without Tigers - News - Wild Life Vets . . .
Tigers are under threat At the turn of the 20th century, wild tigers numbered around 100 000 Today there are thought to be no more than 4,500, and their historical range has been reduced by a drastic 95% If wild tigers were people, there wouldn’t be enough of them left alive on the planet today to fill the seats of London’s Royal Albert
- Study finds India doubled its tiger population in a decade . . .
Tigers are spread across around 138,200 square kilometers (53,359 square miles) in India, about the size of the state of New York But just 25% of the area is prey-rich and protected, and another 45% of tiger habitats are shared with roughly 60 million people, the study said
- As Tigers Break Records In The Himalayas, Many Questions Are . . .
Following the BNHS report of a tiger at 3,640 m, the Wildlife Institute of India, in collaboration with the Sikkim forest department, published their study showing the presence of a tiger at 3,966 m at the Kyongnosla Wildlife Sanctuary of Sikkim, making it the highest tiger sighting in India as of now Illustration of tiger in the mountains
- Caspian tiger - Wikipedia
In 1938, Tigrovaya Balka was the first protected area in Tajikistan established in the lower reaches of Vakhsh River between the Panj and Kofarnihon Rivers; it was apparently the last refuge of the Caspian tiger A tiger was seen there in 1958 [39] After 1947, tigers were legally protected in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [28]
- In the Year of the Tiger, how can we help them thrive in the . . .
February 1 marks the start of the 'Year of the Tiger' in the Lunar calendar Since the beginning of the 20 th century, some 97 per cent of the world's wild tigers have been lost Ahead of the Lunar New Year, we are taking a look back at a recent story on how the United Nations Environment Programme
- Double tigers - WWF
WWF is a driving force behind Tx2, the global goal to double wild tigers by 2022 The 13 tiger countries committed to this goal in 2010 when tigers were estimated to be as few as 3200 The half-way point to Tx2 will be 2016 when tiger countries need to state their tiger numbers to see if we are succeeding in the Tx2 goal
- Facts About White Tigers | The Truth Behind White Tigers
The white tiger has several adaptations to help it to both catch and kill its prey, including being strong and powerful, incredibly fast, and having long and sharp claws and teeth White Tigers and Bengal tigers have superior night vision It is 6x better than a human’s Female tigers give birth to up to 5 cubs after about 3 months of gestation
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