Tigers will become extinct in 12 years if countries where they still roam fail to take quick action to protect their habitats and step up the fight against poaching. The WWF and other experts say only about 3.200 tigers remain in the wild which is a dramatic plunge from an estimated 100,000 a century ago. Ever since our last presentation when a classmate talked about the extinction of tigers it became more real to me that this species really is in danger. You always hear that animals are in danger of becoming extinct but when you are presented with dates and numbers you don't realize how big of a threat we really are to them. This is very sad news, specially how they are being hunted down in China for traditional medicine amongst other parts of the world. Thankfully, the countries that still have tiger populations are: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, and Russia. "Wild tigers are not only a symbol of all that is splendid, mystical and powerful about nature" the Global Tiger Initiative said. "The loss of tigers and degradation of their ecosystems would inevitably result in a historic, cultural, spiritual, and environmental catastrophe for the tiger range countries". Hopefully things are going to start changing and people realize they need to invest time and money to protect these tigers.
Link to site: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_russia_saving_tigers
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