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| Tigers Under Siege |
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Soon, the only tigers we see may be in pictures. Fewer than 8000 of the cats remain in the wild today - a loss of more than 90,000 in the last century. Some types are particularly rare, such as the Sumatran tiger, with only about 500 in the wild and 250 in zoos. Who is to blame?
Radio collars track tiger movements, and guards patrol for poachers. Visit www.5tigers.org to learn more. |
Poachers kill tigers for their bones, skin and claws (a dead cat can fetch $70,000, according to the World Wildlife Fund). Additionally, growing human populations are destroying the tigers' natural habitats. About half of the surviving cats are in India, where the government and scientists have banded together at the Panna reserve to try to protect some of the animals.© 2005-2010 PrideRock. All rights reserved unless otherwise stated.