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WWF 2020 Goals

  • Increase the tiger population in the wild to at least 6,000.
  • Restore tigers to at least 20% of their former range.
  • Eliminate trade in tiger parts and products.

Facts & Figures

  • Tigers are found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China,
    India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Russia (Far East), Thailand and Vietnam.
  • The 6 living subspecies of tiger are: Amur, Bengal, Indochinese, Malayan, South China and Sumatran.
  • The Bali, Caspian and Javan tiger have all become extinct.
  • Wild tiger numbers have fallen by about 95% over the past 100 years.
  • Tigers survive in 40% less area than they occupied a decade ago.

WWF's Vision for Tiger Conservation

In the past century, 3 out of 9 tiger subspecies have gone extinct. Today, the future of this threatened species in the wild is at a tipping point. Only through better habitat protection and combating poaching can we tip the balance of survival in favour of this majestic creature.

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Species at risk

The tiger is one of the most charismatic and evocative species on Earth ... it is also one of the most threatened.

These large cats are poisoned, shot, trapped and snared, largely as a result of conflicts with people and to meet the demands of the illegal tiger trade.

To make maters worse, the tiger's habitat and prey continue to disappear due to agriculture expansion, logging and rapid development.

Today, only about 4,000 tigers exist in the wild, mostly found in fragmented pockets of forest in India, China, Southeast Asia, the Russian Far East and on the island of Sumatra.

Big cat conservation

Tiger conservation goes beyond the borders of parks and reserves.

It involves working with governments, local communities and other partners at the national, regional and global level to implement effective strategies that will secure and increase tiger populations. This includes:

  • monitoring populations to improve tiger management and conservation
  • stopping the illegal trade in tiger parts
  • strengthening anti-poaching efforts
  • addressing human-tiger conflicts
  • restoring and protecting forest habitat

Roar of the tiger

The Zov Tigra (Roar of the Tiger) National Park was created in 2007 in the forested area of the Sikhote-Alin mountain range in the Russian Far East. The park is home to abundant wildlife, including the endangered Siberian (or Amur) tiger.

In the 1940s, the Siberian tiger was on the brink of extinction, with no more than 40 remaining in the wild.

Thanks to vigorous anti-poaching and other conservation efforts by Russian wildlife authorities, with support from many partners including WWF, the tiger population has shown signs of recovery, remaining stable throughout the last decade with some 500 individuals.

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