Believe it or not, the population of tigers (which is the largest of the big cats) has declined by 95 percent in the last century. What will happen in the next decade? Will we ever stop poaching, killing and destroying their habitats before it’s too late?
Bengal Tiger: Click on Photo to View the Tiger Population Table
IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature data suggests that “the global tiger population has declined to an estimated range form 3,402 – 5,140 tigers”, revised down from estimates of 5,000 to 7,000 made a few years earlier. The data also stated that the Bali, Caspian, and Javan tigers are already classified as extinct (in the 1940s, 1970s, and 1980s, respectively).
