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A CRY FOR THE TIGER
General information about tigers
The tiger introduction
Emerged from dust and light a tiger
She rubbed whiskers
She looked at the writer with indifference
Tigers' characteristics
4-inched & retractable claws
Teeths can shatter bones
Lethal leg
Built for strength, not speed
The roar can carry >1 mile
Eye backlit by membrane →good night vision and glowing night eyes
Hunting behaviours
Secretive →rarely seen
Can move through high grass, forest, water
Move in unnerving silence
Reported to "come from nowhere"
The condition of tigers
Tigers in India
Has an estimate of 1909 tigers in the country in 2010
Dangerous to both animals and humans
Tigers can only be dispersed by corridors of land between protected areas
Nearly 1/3 lives outside tiger reserves
Only 41 tigers were living in Ranthambore tiger reserve
There are 40 tiger reserves in India
Is home to ~50% of the world's wild tiger
the loss of wild tigers
tiger nowadays
tigers have been on the verge of extinction for a long time
"The tiger has been a threatened species for most of my lifetime,..."
time to help tigers is running out
"In the early 21st century, tigers in the wild face complete annihilation
"This is about making decisions as if we're in an emergency room"
reasons
poaching of prey animals
contributed to by poverty
black market for tiger parts
poaching
exacerbated by exploding human population
botched conservation strategies
million of dollars and many decades of concern are wasted
in 1980, there used to be about 8,000 tigers in the wild. now there are fewer than 4,000 tigers among 13 Asian countries
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