2. INTRODUCTION
Length is upto 11.1ft(approx.).
An average Tiger weights upto 388 KG.
Tiger’s are the world’s most charismatic mega
fauna.
3. Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Chordata
Class : Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Pantherna
Species : Tigris
CLASSIFICATION OF TIGER
4. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
• To Study about various national projects, to save
tigers have been conducted
• To understand when were these projects started and
what help government offered to it
• To know about the reasons for what so many tigers
are being killed
• To make note of which are the other places where
this project was launched and what are its effects
5. There were once nine subspecies of tigers:
Bengal, Siberian, Indochinese, South Chinese,
Sumatran, Malayan, Caspian, Japan and Bali.
Of these, the last three are extinct, one is
extinct in the wild, and the rest are
endangered.
In the early 1900s, there were around 100,000
tigers throughout their range.
HISTORICAL STATUS
7. •Tigers are endangered and there are a total
of around 3,000-4,500 exist in the wild.
•South Chinese tigers are extinct in the wild.
•The Japan, Bali, and Caspian tiger are extinct.
PRESENT STATUS
8. To date, Yearwise report of Tiger Death cases:
95 cases of tigers known to have been killed in 1994
121 tigers killed in 1995
52 tigers killed in 1996
88 tigers killed in 1997
39 tigers killed in 1998
81 tigers killed in 1999
52 tigers killed in 2000
72 tigers killed in 2001
46 tigers killed in 2002
38 tigers killed in 2003
38 tigers killed in 2004
46 tigers killed in 2005
37 tigers killed in 2006
27 tigers killed in 2007
29 tigers killed in 2008
32 tigers killed in 2009
30 tigers killed in 2010
13 tigers killed in 2011
11. India holds over half the world's tiger population.
According to the latest tiger census report released on
March 28, 2011 by the National Tiger Conservation
Authority, the current tiger population estimated is
1,706 (i.e. ranging between a minimum of 1,571 to a
maximum of 1,875). The results include figures from
17 Indian states with a tiger population.
Current Status of Tiger in India