Save the Tigers
By Bradley Boyce
going extinct
Tigers
Tigers help when it comes to the circle of life. They help by keeping the amount of their prey at a normal rate. The tigers eat a variety of prey ranging in size from termites to elephant calves.
Their Habitat
The tiger's habitat are being destroyed because the trees are getting cut down for timber, new roads, human settlement, industrial expansion and hydroelectric dams.
Another way they are going extinct
Not only are these tigers going extinct from habitat loss but also from getting hunted the down for their fur to trade like the elephant tusks.
The effects of habitat destruction on the Tigers
To the tigers when their habitat is destroyed they don't only lose their homes but it effects their food, themselves, and their families.
How Does this Effect use humans?
It effects use humans because of soil degradation. Soil degradation reduces the area of growable areas of crops. Which would in the long run effect our food supply.
The types and colors of tigers
There are 5 types of non extinct tigers, they are: Siberian, Bengal, Indochinese, Malayan, and South China tigers. There are only 3 extinct ones they are Bali, Caspian, and Javan tigers. The tigers come in many colors one is white, another is golden and there are two more, these two colored tigers are know as Maltese tigers.
The extinct types
- The Bali tiger was last sighted at September 27, 1937, they were hunted to extinction.
- The Caspian tiger was last sighted in the early 1970s, they went extinct from hunting and deforestation.
- The Javan tiger was last sighted in middle part of the 1970s, they went extinct from hunting, deforestation, and poisoning.
Possible solutions to save the tiger
The solutions
One solution could be make a website with a petition and explaining what would happen if tiger habitats would disappear.
Another solution would be to make a club that would raise money to make reservations for tigers and their habitat.