TIGER AND ITS SUBSPECIESThe tiger is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to 3.38 m (11.1 ft) over curves and exceptionally weighing up to 388.7 kg (857 lb) in the wild. Its most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside. Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, from Turkey, in the west to the eastern coast of Russia. Over the past 100 years, they have lost 93% of their historic range, and have been extirpated from southwest and central Asia, from the islands of Java  and Bali, and from large areas of Southeast and Eastern Asia.

SUBSPECIES:

Royal Bengal Tiger

Indochinese Tiger

Malayan Tiger

Siberian Tiger

Sumatran Tiger South China Tiger

Rare subspecies of White Tigers found only in Bengal.

Before the Britishers arrived to India, the population of the tigers are more in India. But when they came to India they Killed the tigers so rapidly so that the population went down. They killed the tigers for their prestige. Killing tigers or Hunting is their hobby.

In the early 1900’s, population of tigers in India and the world are above lakhs. In India, West Bengal, Uttarkhand, Orissa, and many other places tigers are found,

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Country Estimate Bangladesh 440

 Bhutan 75 Cambodia 20

 China 45 India 2,226

 Indonesia 500 Laos 17

 Malaysia 500 Myanmar 85

 Nepal 155 North Korea n/a

 Russia 360 Thailand 200 Vietnam 20

Total 4,968

TIGER POPULATION LIST:

TO INCREASE THE POPULATION VARIES SYSTEMS ARE FOLLOWED: CITES is an international governance network employing tools and

measures which adapt and become more efficient with time. One measure specifically aimed at protecting the tiger  is visible in the network’s efforts to ban the trade of tigers or tiger derivatives.In order for CITES to work effectively it requires the involvement of institutions, NGOs, civil society and member states: especially Asian tiger range member countries. The Tiger Range Countries (TRC) – countries where tigers still roam free – are: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam and North-Korea.

FACT: The World Bank estimates that the illegal international

trade of wildlife on the black market is worth an

estimated $10bn per year. By selling one tiger

skeleton, a poacher could make an amount equal to

what some labourer would earn in 10 years.

India:Project Tiger, started in 1972, is a major effort to conserve the tiger and its habitats in India.  At the turn of the 20th century, one estimate of the tiger population  in India placed the figure at 40,000, yet an Indian tiger census conducted in 1972 revealed the existence of only 1827 tigers.

Launched on 1 April 1973, Project Tiger has become one of the most successful conservation ventures in modern history. The project aims at tiger conservation in specially-constituted 'tiger reserves', which are representative of various bio-geographical regions falling within India. It strives to maintain viable tiger populations in their natural environment. Today, there are 27 Project Tiger wildlife reserves in India, covering an area of 37,761 km².

Project Tiger is a Tiger conservation programme launched in 1973 by the Government of India under its then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. 

During the tiger census of 2006, Based on the result of these surveys, the total tiger population has been estimated at 1,411 individuals ranging from 1,165 to 1,657 adult and sub-adult tigers of more than 1.5 years of age. Owing to the project, the number of tigers has improved to 2226 as per the latest census report released on January 20, 2015.

Project Tiger is administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority.

Briefly about the PROJECT TIGER

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The various tiger reserves were created in the country based on 'core-buffer' strategy:

For each tiger reserve, management plans were drawn up based on the following principles: Elimination of all forms of human exploitation and biotic

disturbance from the core area and rationalization of activities in the buffer zone.

Restricting the habitat management only to repair the damages done to the ecosystem  by human and other interferences so as to facilitate recovery of the ecosystem to its natural state

Monitoring the faunal and floral changes over time and carrying out research about wildlife

Save the Tiger Fund (or STF for short) was established in 1995. STF gave 336 grants totaling $17.3 million between 1995 and 2009.

The corporation included Esso Petroleum well known for the advertising slogan: 

The STF

PUT A TIGER IN YOUR TANK.

The campaign was officially launched on 5th April 2014 with the Aircel-NDTV Tiger Agenda show which witnessed the coming together of well-known personalities The season 1 was successful, {started on 5th April,2014}The famous advertisement of Aircel.,,,,,,

Famous personalities and their support to Aircel the Tigers:

M.S.Dhoni, captain of Indian cricket team Amitabh Bachchan, actorSurya, actor

A news paper cutting

Tiger was the symbol of Olympic games, South Korea, in 1988.

TIGERS IN TRIVANDRUM ZOO:

Say a small description on these pictures:

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has named four female white tiger cubs born in a zoo near here as Anitha, Preetha, Suneetha and Sangeetha.The cubs were born to a white tiger, Akanksha, at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park at Vandalur. Then  in 2013, she visited the zoo to review the facilities being provided for both the animals and visitors and christened seven tiger cubs then.

WRITTEN & EDITED BY

T.ARAVINTHA GANESHIN

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