How Are Tigers Endangered

May 17, 2021

But before we answer the question why are tigers endangered lets learn more about tigers and conservation efforts so you can understand their habitat and environmental needs. In Chinese culture to some people meat skin and hide of the Siberian tiger is worth a.

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According to IUCN red list during the years 1998-2002 at least 51 tigers were killed per year with 76 of killings for purposes of trade and 15 of killings out of human-tiger conflict.

How are tigers endangered. Wild tigers are hunted to meet the demands of. Until it was banned trophy hunting and a market for tiger rugs and coats threatened the tigers survival. The first reason is because for a long time about 100 years ago hunters from Europe and England liked to hunt the tiger and many were killed.

The word endangered means that there is a real danger that there will be no tigers living in wild places one day fairly soon. Tigers are globally listed as Endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. These people were hunting the tiger.

As a result Tigers hunt livestock as a source of food. The process of poaching the act of illegally killing an animal is one of the immediate threat to tiger species. Tiger preserves sanctuaries and national parks have stabilized the population numbers but poaching in Asia is still on the rise.

Today tigers are endangered in part because they are being squeezed out by growing human populations but also because poachers continue to prey on the cats for their skins and other body parts used for concocting Chinese medicines. Because of being rare tigers are considered to be extremely valuable. This results in Tiger populations becoming more isolated and they eventually die out.

Their body parts are in relentless demand for traditional medicine and are status symbols within some Asian cultures. All tigers are endangered. For instance their internal organs are being used by some Asian countries as folk medicine and traditional remedies.

The Malayan and Sumatran sub-species are listed as Critically Endangered. Tiger Panthera tigris largest member of the cat family Felidae rivaled only by the lion Panthera leo in strength and ferocity. The lesser they all eat including tigers the lesser they live.

Their natural prey have also declined in population. This causes conflict with local livestock owners who shoot or poison Tigers to protect their livestock. However it is under constant threat of poaching.

In fact the Bengal tiger is the most numerous of all tiger subspecies. Today habitat destruction human population growth and a. People and tigers increasingly compete for space.

Thats one of the main reasons why Siberian tigers are endangered theres a lack of prey. Resources for guarding protected areas where tigers live are usually limited. The Siberian tiger is often referred to as a mighty animal.

The tiger is endangered throughout its range which stretches from the Russian Far East through parts of North Korea China India and Southeast Asia to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Human activities such as poaching and habitat destruction are the main reasons why some species of tigers have declined over the years. The most immediate threat to wild tigers is poaching.

Several factors contribute to tigers being classified as endangered these include poaching Illegal trade of tiger parts loss of habitat human conflict and climate change. Eradication efforts of the government and illegal hunting. These threats are causing the estimated last 400 Sumatran Tigers to slowly become more and more endangered till they become extinct.

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