Bengal Tigers at the Decline!
By: Maija Russell
Introduction
There are fewer than 2,500 tigers left! Bengal tigers are endangered due to poaching, loss of prey, and tiger trade. As a result, the World Wildlife Fund is stepping in and strengthening antipoaching efforts, empowering communities, and stopping illegal tiger trade.
There are now only 200 or less white tigers left.
tigers are being kept in zoos.
Fewer than 2,500 left!
Who
- WWF
- Indians
- Chinese
What
When
This decline started........
- About 100 years ago when humans started to inhabit in the great cat's jungles.
- Since January 1994, the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) has collected data on the following number of Bengal Tiger Poaching cases and Unnatural Tiger Deaths:
- 95 tigers known to have been killed in 1994
- 123 tigers killed by poaching in 1994
- 52 tigers killed by poaching in 1996
- 89 tigers killed by poaching in 1997
- 36 tigers killed by poaching in 1998
- (Bengal Tiger Poaching Statistics,2006)
Where
- China
- India
- Nepal
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
Why have tigers declined
- Tigers suffer from lack of deer and antelope so they are forced to eat cattle and other pets, which makes villagers angry and they kill the tiger. ( National Geographic, 1996-2013)
- deforestation and humans inhabiting they forests ( National geographic, 1996-2013)
Why are tigers killed
- When a tiger is killed in China it has parts taken and those parts are made into medicines. (WWF, 2013)
- When a tiger is killed in India, Nepal, Bhutan they are sold for they're pelts, penises, and other parts. (The Last Big Cats, 2003)
cites
Works Cited
Bauer, Erwin A. "The Last Big Cats: An Untamed Spirit." Goodreads. Web. 25 Jan. 2013. <http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1627639.The_Last_Big_Cats>.
"Bengal Tiger." National Geographic. Web. 25 Jan. 2013. <http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bengal-tiger/>.
"Bengal Tiger." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Jan. 2013. Web. 25 Jan. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_tiger>.
"Bengal Tiger." WWF. Web. 25 Jan. 2013.
<http://worldwildlife.org/species/bengal-tiger>.
"Bengal Tiger Poaching Statistics - Unnatural Tiger Deaths." Bengal Tiger Poaching Statistics - Unnatural Tiger Deaths. Web. 25 Jan. 2013. <http://www.tigerhomes.org/animal/bengal-tiger-poaching.cfm>.
Global solution
Email: membership@wwfus.org
Website: http://worldwildlife.org
Location: 1250 24th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 1 - 800 - 960 - 0993
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Twitter: @world_wildlife