Neela Eyunni, the founder of Roja Earth Productions, wrote, produced, and narrated the 2015 documentary On the Brink: Uncharted Waters, which explored the economically important yet controversial whale shark diving industry in the Philippines. A future project by Neela Eyunni and her production team will address the use of acoustic monitoring by tiger conservationists.

1. A Brief Overview
of the World's
Tiger Population
Neela Eyunni

2. Introduction
 Neela Eyunni, the founder of Roja Earth Productions, wrote,
produced, and narrated the 2015 documentary On the Brink:
Uncharted Waters, which explored the economically important yet
controversial whale shark diving industry in the Philippines. A
future project by Neela Eyunni and her production team will
address the use of acoustic monitoring by tiger conservationists.
Today, nine subspecies of tigers live on the planet, including the
Siberian, Bengal, South China, and Caspian tigers. The Siberian,
alternatively known as the Amur tiger, is the largest of the
subspecies, with males growing up to 10.5 feet in length and 660
pounds. An endangered species, the primary wild population of
Siberian tigers is just 450.
The Bengal tiger is the most active in the wild, with a population of
2,500 to 3,750. Like the Siberian, the Bengal demonstrates the
species’ defining orange, white, and black coat.

3. Tiger Population
 However, a recessive gene can result in the tiger’s other
distinct but rare look - a snow-white body and black
stripes. Despite the larger population, Bengal tigers are
also endangered.
The South China tiger is functionally extinct, according to
the World Wildlife Foundation. Only 47 exist in 18 zoos, all
in China. Just four decades ago more than 4,000 of the
animals roamed the wild, but a government initiative has
rendered the wild population a total mystery, if any do
remain.
Additional subspecies of tiger include the Malayan tiger,
distinguished from the Indochinese tiger in 2004, and the
Sumatran tiger, a critically endangered species native to
the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Every subspecies of tiger
is endangered, if not critically endangered or functionally
extinct.