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1 day ago · Today, the tiger's range is severely fragmented. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, as its range is thought to have declined by 53% to 68% since the late 1990s.
19 hours ago · Tigers became extinct in Sariska and Panna tiger reserves in 2004 and 2007 respectively. Local extinction in Sariska prompted the government to enlist the help of tiger biologists and social ...
5 days ago · Tigers are killed in huge numbers for their skins and bones or in retaliation for conflict with humans, their prey are killed by skilled hunters to feed an insatiable local luxury market for 'exotic' bushmeat, and their remaining forest habitats are relentlessly converted to human uses.
Sep 15, 2024 · Tiger - Conservation, Habitat, Endangered: Certain communities worship the tiger. Tiger parts are used as talismans, tonics, medicine, and trophies, and the skins for expensive coats. There are about 3,200 tigers, down from an estimated 100,000 at the beginning of the 20th century.
Sep 2, 2024 · The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is clinging to survival, with less than 300 remaining in the wild. Their Indonesian cousins, the Javan and Balinese tigers, have already been declared Extinct, and experts are concerned the Sumatran tiger will follow in their footprints.
Sep 14, 2024 · Why is the thylacine extinct? Competition with the dingo probably led to the thylacine’s disappearance from mainland Australia. It was widely hunted in Tasmania by European settlers because it was considered a threat to the domestic sheep they had introduced to the island.
1 day ago · A comparison of the DNA of 138 privately owned captive tigers with that of wild tigers reveals captive tigers are a well-mixed genetic mishmash of tiger populations from across their native range in Asia, the team reports in a study published last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Using this data set, the largest ever collected for tigers, the researchers also built a 23andMe-esque reference panel for the cats that can be used by conservation officers and wildlife ...
