How can we save tigers?
Key strategies:
- Protect tigers and their habitat.
- Build capacity in range states.
- Reduce human-tiger conflict.
- Conduct scientific research on tigers to help inform conservation strategies.
- Promote tiger-friendly policies.
- Monitor tiger numbers, population trends, and threats to tigers and their habitats.
Why tigers should be saved?
The tiger is a unique animal which plays a pivotal role in the health and diversity of an ecosystem. It is a top predator which is at the apex of the food chain and keeps the population of wild ungulates in check, thereby maintaining the balance between prey herbivores and the vegetation upon which they feed.
How can we save tigers population?
What you can do to save the tiger?
- Spread the word: Tell others that the tiger and its habitat are under threat and that they need our help.
- Be a responsible tourist:
- Voice your concerns with the policy makers:
- Help prevent wildlife trade:
- Reducing pressure on natural resources:
- Support our work:
What is India doing to save tigers?
To preserve the tiger, the Indian government banned their hunting and launched ‘Project Tiger’ in 1973. It aimed at tiger conservation in the specially created tiger reserves in the country. The viable tiger population in their natural habitat was also maintained.
How tiger reserves help protect tigers?
Tigers feed on mammalian herbivores such as chinkara, chital and sambar in this reserve area, thus keeping their population in check and helping to preserve the forests. Tiger habitats also provide critical ecosystem services such as flood control and hydrological services/securing watersheds.
Who is involved in the conservation of Tigers?
Another organization involved with the conservation of tigers is the Save the Tiger Fund (STF). The STF was founded in 1995 by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and focuses on preserving wild tigers.
Who are the critics of save the Tiger?
Critic John Simon wrote Save the Tiger ‘is a film with good, serious intentions, and thus a somewhat touching failure’. New York Times critic Vincent Canby called it “not a very good movie but it’s a rather brave one, a serious-minded examination of some of the least interesting aspects of the failed American dream.”
Why is it important to save Bengal tigers?
The project aims at ensuring a viable population of Bengal tigers in their natural habitats, protecting them from extinction, and preserving areas of biological importance as a natural heritage forever represented as close as possible the diversity of ecosystems across the distribution of tigers in the country.
What’s the best way to help the Tigers?
Spread awareness about tigers and conservation through social media. Encourage others to support the efforts being made to save the tigers. Social media is a very handy tool for this. Post links to interesting articles about the plight of the tigers and spread word about petitions that your friends and family can sign.