If we make sure tigers live, we have to make sure that deer, antelope and all other animals that the tiger eats (its prey base) live. To make sure that these herbivores live, we must make sure that all the trees, grass and other plants that these prey animals need for food are protected. In this way, the whole forest gets saved! Saving the tiger means saving its entire forest kingdom with all the other animals in it. So, Save Tigers & Save Ecosystem and be a part of project tiger.
No. of tigers in India (2011) – 1706
Indian government is continuously working for this wild cat. The Indian Board For Wildlife (IBWL) is the top notch advisory body in the field of Wildlife Conservation in the country and is headed by the Honorable Prime Minister of India. Below are the list of tiger-reserves in India -
State | Tiger Reserves |
Karnataka | Bandipur Tiger Reserve |
Uttaranchal | Corbett Tiger Reserve |
Madhya Pradesh | Kanha Tiger Reserve |
Manas Tiger Reserve | |
Melghat Tiger Reserve | |
Jharkhand | Palamau Tiger Reserve |
Rajasthan | Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve |
Orissa | Simlipal Tiger Reserve |
Sunderbans Tiger Reserve | |
Kerala | Periyar Tiger Reserve |
Rajasthan | Sariska Tiger Reserve |
Buxa Tiger Reserve |
Tigers are one of the Earth's fastest disappearing species. At the beginning of this century there were about 100,000 wild tigers. Today there are less than 1,800.
(1) Across all of Asia , places that were once covered with vast forests have been cleared for agriculture. As forest space diminishes, tigers can't find the prey they need to survive. As a result, tigers have begun to eat the livestock belonging to villagers who live near what's left of the forests. That's a problem for the livestock, it's also a problem for the tigers who sometimes get killed by villagers protecting their families and their livestock.
(2) Even though it's illegal to kill a tiger, people are still doing it. Why? Because every part of a dead tiger is valuable.
(3) Of any predator, tigers require the largest land area to survive and must compete with people for limited habitat and resources. Groups of tigers become separated from one another by villages and farms. This is called "population fragmentation."
Tigers are a global resource. Loss of the tiger doesn't just mean that the tiger, as a species, is lost. It also indicates an imbalance within an ecosystem that affects many other life forms. We can never replace a species once it is lost! Extinct is forever! So do something !!!
we can protect our national animal.but one thing we must know first what is happening really...... why the tigers has been extincting...... if we know the problem first the solution will be very easy.
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