What if tigers go extinct

The EIA report is just the tip of the iceberg. The French NGO Robin des Bois releases a massive quarterly report that documents wildlife trafficking cases and related crimes around the world. Their most recent report , for the fourth quarter of , lists cases representing at least 14 dead tigers in India and other countries and one live cub rescued from traffickers in Russia.

Think about the EIA report by itself: they found that in just five months in just two countries, 0. Quite simply, there is no way tigers can sustain this level of losses and continue to survive in the wild.

Tigers need a lot of room. The habitats that can contain these big, highly mobile cats face numerous threats from deforestation and development. This not only restricts and isolates tiger populations, many of which are quite small—some contain just a dozen cats—it also increases their risk. Mills, author of Blood of the Tiger. As I wrote earlier in the week, the 3, number does not reflect tiger subspecies.

Either way, the numbers show that most of these sub-populations remain highly at risk. With this in mind, we see that the Bengal tiger is the only subspecies with a fairly healthy population overall. The rest all struggle to hold on. Some live in moist tropical forests, others in dry forests, some live at elevations of up to 10, feet while others live in marshes and wetlands. Find out how saving wild tigers can save so much more.

Toggle navigation. Why Save Tigers? Why Tigers. What would be the impact if the tiger disappeared? One less wild tiger in India. Your donations for the protection of tigers in Vietnam. Awely, Tigers and People needs you When you support Awely, even through a very small donation, you contribute directly to our activities in the field, and you affirm your committment to preserve wildlife while also contributing to the urgent basic needs of the local populations who live with these animals.

Thanks so much for clicking on the link below. The WWF is run at a local level by the following offices Home » Our work » Priority species » Bengal tiger » Why save the tigers. Why should we save tigers? At the turn of the 20th century, it is estimated that India probably had many thousands of tigers in the wild.

Based on a census using the pug mark technique, the number of tigers in stood at 3,