Publishing a popular science article on the current situation and protection of tigers on this road is also a little help to respond to the call.
What, are tigers endangered? But there are many in the zoo!
Yes, tigers are quite common in zoos now, but the situation of wild tigers is very miserable.
There are only 37 wild Amur tigers in China (20 19.9).
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Tigers originated in Asia and have super adaptability to the natural environment. They have been seen from rainforests to snow-capped forests. However, since the 20th century, only in 100 years, the global tiger population has decreased by 90%, and tiger subspecies such as Balihu, Java tiger and Li Haihu have become extinct.
The other six subspecies are Siberian tiger, Bengal tiger, Indian Zhina tiger, Sumatra tiger, Malay tiger and South China tiger, all of which are in an endangered state and face the risk of extinction.
At present, there are only about 3,800 wild tigers in the world, which is 65,438+10,000 in 1.900. If this trend continues, the extinction of wild tigers is foreseeable.
Indonesia has the largest number of tigers, second only to India. Tigers mainly live in Sumatra, but the Sumatran tigers there are not treated well. For hundreds of years, poachers have hunted tigers in various ways to make huge profits at the expense of the survival of tiger populations. As the picture shows, poachers trap tigers and then shoot them. Tiger skin, tiger meat, tiger bones and even tiger dung are sold at high prices. ...
South China Tiger, a kind of tiger endemic to China, is suspected of extinction in the wild. At present, there are only 65,438+000 tigers living in captivity, and all of them are descendants of six wild South China tigers captured in the mid-20th century, so they are facing severe challenges brought by inbreeding.
South China tiger
Malay tiger is the second smallest tiger in existence, slightly larger than Sumatra tiger. Tigers are Malaysia's national treasure animals. Its image appears on the national emblem and the national emblem of state institutions, which is closely related to the national image. However, the existing number of wild Malay tigers is only about 150, and illegal poaching and habitat destruction driven by interests are constantly pushing them to extinction.
Release a Malay tiger cub
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7.29 is Global Tiger Day.
Tigers have been listed as the first-class protected animals in Appendix I of the Washington Convention *
IUCN changed the existing tiger population from the original endangered (EN) level to the critically endangered (CR) level. These populations are distributed in 72 scattered protected areas in Asia, accounting for only 7% of historical habitats.
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