The document discusses tigers, including: 1) Population numbers for different tiger subspecies around the world, with a total population of 5,097 to 7,831 tigers. 2) Three subspecies that are now extinct. 3) Threats tigers face from poaching and traditional medicine use. 4) Details of Project Tiger, launched in India in 1972 to protect Bengal tigers, which has led to recovery of tiger habitats and populations in reserves.

1. SAVE THE TIGER
YASH KARKAR
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2. Dispute
•A man and a tiger once had a dispute,
Which was reckoned greater, the man or the brute.
The tiger discovered on his side at some length,
And gently enlarge on his courage and strength ,
Said the man , ‘Don’t be prating ; look yonder , I pray,
At that sculpture of marble: now what will you say ?
The Tiger is vanquished : but as for the Man,

3. He is striding upon him :deny if you can.’
‘But pray,’ said the tiger, ‘who sculpture that stone?
‘One of us, ‘ said the man. ‘I must candidly own.’
‘but when we sculptors,’ the other replied,
‘You will then on the man see the tiger astride.’
Anonymous

4. Summary of the dispute
• Once a man and a Tiger had a dispute ‘Who is stronger’? Both give comments on
their own favor. But the man did not agree that the tiger has far more courage and
strength than the man. By showing the sculpture the man said that it was
evidence that man was stronger than the tiger. But the tiger asked him who had
carved the sculpture . The man replied that it was sculptured by some man. At
this, the tiger commented that if the sculpture was craved by a tiger, the tiger
would have been sitting as tride on the man’s back.
• The poem shows that we draw out conclusion about a thing by looking the way, it
has been presented. We are not ready to think or go beyond that.

6. Interesting facts
•A tiger has been reported to cover up to 10 meters in a
horizontal leap.
•Most tigers have more than 100 stripes, and no two tigers
have identical stripes.
•The roar of a tiger can be heard from more than a mile
away.
•Tigers are largely muscular and rely on stealth and power
rather than on speed to bring down a prey.

7. About the tigers
• Tigers are the biggest cat in the world.
• There are five different kinds or sub-species of Tiger alive
in the world today.
• Tigers are called panther Tigris in Latin, bagh in Hindi and
Bengali, kaduva in Malayalam and Pedda Puli in telgu.
• The body length of tiger is 140-208 cm.
• The Bali, Javan and Caspian are different type of Tigers

8. • The Tigers are becoming extinct.
• Tigers are found in evergreen and monsoon forest of the
Indo Malayan realm.
• Though Tigers are mostly nocturnal but some species may
also be active during the day.

9. Total population of tigers in the world
Sub species Countries Eliminated
Minimum
Population
Maximum
P.T. Altaica China ` 12 20
Amur Siberian N . Korea 10 10
Manchurian Russia 415 476
N.E. China Tiger
Total 437 506
Royal Bengal
tiger
Bangladesh 300 460
P.T. Tigris Bhutan 80 460
China 30 35
India 2500 3800
Nepal 150 250
Total 3060 5005

10. Sub species Countries Eliminated
Minimum
Population
Maximum
P.T. Corbetti Cambodia 100 200
(indo Chinese Tiger) China 30 40
Laos
Malasya 600 650
Myanmar
Thailand 250 600
Vietnam 200 300
Total 1180 1790
P.T. Sumatrae Sumatra 400 500
(Sumatran Tiger)
Total 400 500
P.T. Amoyensis China 20 30
(south china Tiger)
Total 20 30
Grand total 5097 7831

11. Extinct species
• P.T. Virgata (Caspian Tiger)
• P.T. Sondaica (Caspian Tiger)
• P.T. Balica (Caspian Tiger)

12. Tiger in trouble
• Since some tigers parts are used in traditional medicine,
the tiger is in danger. Apart from its head being used as
trophy to decorate walls, tigers are also hunted for the
following
• Head- as a trophy on the wall
• Brain- to cure laziness and pimples.

13. •Teeth- for rabies, asthma and sores.
•Blood- for strengthening the constitution and will power.
•Fat- for vomiting, dog bites, bleeding haemorrhoids and
scalp
Ailments in children.
•Skin- to treat mental illness and to make fur coats.
•Whiskers- for toothache.

14. Project tiger
• ‘project tiger’ is a wildlife conservation project for the
species of tiger. It was initiated in India in 1972 to protect
the Bengal Tigers. Having on April n1, 1973, it has turned
out to be one of the most successful wildlife conservation
ventures . This project aims at Tiger conservation in
specially constituted Tiger reserves representative of
various bio-geographical regions thought out India. It
strives to maintained a viable conservation reliant on tiger
population in their natural environment.

15. • Project tiger has been acknowledged by one and
all. And all the concerned people are cooperating
in the project in every possible way. Project Tiger
was Indira Gandhi’s pet project also. The main
achievements of this project are excellent recovery
of the natural habitat and consequent in the tiger
population in the RESERVE areas. It is evident by
the facts also that form a mere 268 in 7 reserves
in 1972 , the tiger population has reached up to
1411 in 28 reserves in 2009. even now this project
needs to keep up its pace so as to sustain this
rare species.

17. Thank you