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Tiger population increases for the time in 100 years
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For the first time in over a century, the worldwide population of tigers in the wild are on the rise.
According to a report released by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the current tiger population stands at 3,890 – a near 22 percent increase from the last substantial survey in 2010 when the population was at an all-time low of 3,200.
While such an increase may seem dramatic, it is worth noting world tiger population has been on a sharp and dangerous decline since 1900.
In an article for National Geographic, Brian Clark Howard stated the past hundred years has seen the world’s wild tiger population drop from around 100,000 individuals spread over 30 nations during the early 20th century to a mere 3,200, confined to 11 countries by 2010.
This decrease is almost exclusively attributed to the unbridled growth of poaching in these regions.
Wild tigers now appear in just 7 percent of their former global range, and over the past 80 years, three subspecies – the Javan, Caspian, and Bali tigers – have gone extinct.
In 2010, the WWF began an initiative to double tiger population by 2020. This initiative has included local governments in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Russia, and Thailand.
Science Alert has reported that, in addition to monitoring tiger activity, some governments have taken extreme measures to stop poaching in protected habitats. In India, which has seen a 30 percent gain in tiger population, some regions have made it legal to shoot and kill poachers on sight.
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http://www.cctv-america.com/2016/04/...on-on-the-rise
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