Bringing Back Tigers | Magazine Articles | WWF - World Wildlife …
Despite an international ban on the tiger trade since 1993, demand for illegal tiger parts in countries like China continues to drive the poaching crisis, the biggest immediate threat to the remaining wild tiger population.
A turning point for tigers | Magazine Articles | WWF - World …
With a fearsome combination of stealth and strength, tigers hardly give off an impression of vulnerability. But shrinking habitats, increasing contact— and conflict—with people, and a booming illicit trade in tiger parts have driven these powerful predators to endangered status.
A Cry for the Tiger - National Geographic
The tiger is powerful enough to kill and drag prey five times its weight, yet it can move through high grass, forest, and even water in unnerving silence.
Tiger timeline | Magazine Articles | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
Feb 1, 2022 · At the Global Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, governments of all 13 tiger range countries set a goal, known as TX2, of doubling the wild tiger population by 2022. Nepal’s Chitwan National Park marks a full year with no tigers lost to poaching.
LIFE Tigers: The World's Most Extraordinary Animal
Apr 2, 2021 · Tigers are the largest and most powerful of the big cats, spiritual symbols of strength and courage. This special edition of LIFE tells the rich story of these extraordinary animals, exploring why they capture our imagination and how they fit into our current world.
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The Fight to Save the Tiger - Smithsonian Magazine
Villagers fear tigers, but in Nagarhole and adjacent forests Asian elephants are far deadlier, killing dozens of people per year. Waterholes become the action points during summer where prey is...
Learning to Live Beside Endangered Tigers May Be ... - Smithsonian Magazine
Millions of people now live in “buffer zones” around tiger reserves, and each year tigers kill 50 to 60 people and hundreds of livestock, which can spark retaliatory killings.
Making Room for Tigers - Columbia Magazine
Ecologists are studying new ways to protect the cats’ need to roam. There are fewer than five thousand wild tigers left in the world, and more than half of them are in India, which in recent years has taken aggressive steps to protect its big cats and their habitats.
LIFE: Magazine Tigers Issue | Wildlife Animals Magazine
In addition to visiting tigers' origins as tree-dwelling insect eaters to following a day in the life of a wild tiger today, the issue also chronicles remarkable true stories of creatures such as the man-eating tiger of Champawat who roamed in the early 20th century, and Machli the beautiful and beloved "Queen Mother of the Tigers" of recent years.
A Debate Over The Best Way to Protect the Tiger | Smithsonian
One approach would link tiger conservation with carbon trading. Polluters could offset their emissions by paying others to keep forests, which absorb carbon dioxide, intact. Forests that contain...