Tigers are in danger of becoming extinct

Tigers have decreased by 95% in the wild over the last 100 years.

Three species of tiger became extinct by 1980

These were the Bali, Javan and Caspian tigers

There are only 3,200 left there used to about 100,000

This means

At the moment we only have 8 tigers left for each child at our school. We used to have 250 each.

There are 13 countries with

tigers

What has happened?

Tigers are killed for their body parts for peoples homes or for medicine in some cultures

The brain is used to cure laziness and pimples

The whiskers are used to cure tooth ache

The tail for skin diseases

Can they really do that?

Doctors in western cultures do not believe the tigers body

can cure anything and this is just a waste of a beautiful animal

Tiger Poaching

Poachers are taking more risks to kill tigers and countries now have rangers to try and stop poachers

The tigers habitat is being destroyed

The tigers habitat is being destroyed so that people can use their land for farming, deforestation is happening to supply wood and build roads.

What can we do?

Never buy any tiger products

Buy forest friendly products such as recycled paper

Donate to tiger projects such as the WWF

Tell lots of people that tigers are in danger

Tell the tiger rangers you care. We want you all to log onto the WWF site and send a postcard to thank the tiger rangers who are protecting tigers.

Some tigers are starting to

increase in numbers due to

conservation work like this Asian

Tiger

Thank you for listening