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After years of concerted conservation efforts, Thailand’s wild tiger populations are increasing, with a new estimate of 179-223 tigers This news, released by the Royal Thai Government, comes after decades of poaching and forest loss that has threatened Thailand’s wild tiger population Tigers
- By saving this adorable, elusive wild cat, you could help . . .
Unfortunately, there’s bad news: More than half of the world’s mangrove forests have been destroyed, putting fishing cats and many other species at risk And the rest are being overexploited The primary driver of deforestation is aquaculture — farming fish, shrimp and other seafood — to satisfy public demand
- Why Are Tigers Endangered? Reasons Behind Their Decline
For tigers, this includes a combination of habitat destruction, poaching, and other human-driven factors Currently, tigers exist in fragmented populations across Asia, with an estimated 3,900 individuals left in the wild Over the past century, the population of wild tigers has declined by more than 95%
- Saving tigers from extinction requires many hands as faculty . . .
There are less than 4,000 tigers left in the wild – we could lose this animal in a generation Wright is director of the Tigers United University Consortium at Clemson, a collaboration between four land-grant, tiger mascot universities – Auburn University, Clemson University, Louisiana State University and the University of Missouri The
- Nepals leader says it has too many tigers. Does it? - BBC
Wild tigers killed nearly 40 people in Nepal between 2019 and 2023 Solutions are hard to come by There are now only about 5,600 wild tigers remaining across 13 countries, including Nepal
- Avoiding the Unthinkable: What Will it Cost to Prevent Tigers . . .
Collective ambitions though should be for far more than 5,000 wild Tigers, nearly 70% of all the world’s wild Tigers ar e clustered within less there are far fewer Tigers t o utilise t
- The Caspian Tiger (P. t. virgata) - Deer of the World
For example, the Global Tiger Recovery Program, launched by the World Bank and the Global Tiger Forum, aims to double the number of wild tigers by 2022 through coordinated efforts across all tiger range countries These initiatives demonstrate the power of collaboration and the global commitment to preventing further tiger extinctions
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