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There are only an estimated 400 Sumatran Tigers left in the wild, loss of habitat is a major factor in the decline of this species. Rainforest is being actively cleared by pulpwood plantations, putting added pressure onto endangered species in Indonesia.There are only an estimated 400 Sumatran Tigers left in the wild, loss of habitat is a... more
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A World Wildlife Fund camera captured rare footage of a Sumatran tiger and her cubs in the wild.A World Wildlife Fund camera captured rare footage of a Sumatran tiger and her cubs in... more
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With only an estimated 3,200 tigers left on the planet, the irony of the fact that this year will be the Chinese Year of the Tiger is not lost on many. But the question is: in the face of crushing pressures from habitat loss and illegal poaching, how many tigers will be left in twelve years when the next Year of the Tiger rolls around?
In response to this perilous situation, the World Wildlife Foundation is highlighting the tiger front and center on their list of the top 10 animals that are facing extinction and who need "special monitoring" in the next 12 months.
In the last 100 years, world tiger populations have been decimated by 95% due to the demand for tiger bones, skins and other body parts that are used in traditional Asian medicine.
Though there has been progress in recent years in attempts to boost tiger numbers - most notably in the case of the overhunted Amur tiger - three of the main nine sub-species of Panthera tigris - the Bali, Caspian and Java tigers - are now extinct, consigned forever to the mists of evolutionary history. With the exception of the Bengal and Indochinese - only Bengal, Amur, Indochinese, Sumatran and Malayan tigers remain, numbering only in the hundreds per species.With only an estimated 3,200 tigers left on the planet, the irony of the fact that... more
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