The tiger population is at its lowest level ever, with possibly as few as 3,200 remaining in the wild.

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Tiger population

The tiger population is at its lowest level ever, with
possibly as few as 3,200 remaining in the wild.

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WWF

Population at a tipping point

Although there are no accurate estimates of the world
tiger population, numbers are thought to have fallen by
over 95% since the turn of the 20th century � down from
perhaps 100,000 to the current estimate of possibly as
few as 3,200 inidividuals.

Three subspecies � Bali, Javan and�Caspian tigers ��were
extinct by the 1980s.

Even in India, the species' stronghold, a recent
government census suggests there may be as few as 1,400
tigers left.

Subspecies Populations

Amur (Siberian) tiger
Bengal tiger
Indochinese tiger
Malayan tiger
South China tiger
Sumatran tiger

If the wild tiger population continues to decline at the
current rate, recovery may not be possible.

Continues at:

WWF - Tiger population

http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/tigers/about_tigers/tiger_population/

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti

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