The tiger population has declined drastically due to poaching and habitat loss. Tigers now exist in less than 7% of their historic range, and three subspecies have gone extinct in the last 80 years. While poaching for skins and body parts as well as illegal wildlife trade have significantly reduced tiger numbers, conservation efforts in some areas are showing signs of success, such as in Russia where the population has increased to over 500 tigers. Overall the document discusses the threats faced by tigers and importance of conservation groups in protecting the species.

1. English
Formative
Assessment
Save Our Tigers

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3. Project Submitting
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4. Introduction
• The tiger (panthera
tigris) is the
largest cat species,
reaching A total body
length of up to 3.3
metres (11 ft) and
weighing up to 306 kg
(670 lb).
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land carnivore (behin

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6. • Scientific classification Animalia
Kingdom : Animalia
Chordata
Phylum : Chordata
Class : Mammalia Mammalia
Order : Carnivora
Family : Felidae Carnivora
Genus : Panthera
Species : Panthera tigris Felidae
Panthera
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Panthera tigris

7. • Due to poaching (illegal hunting) in the
recent years tigers population has gone
below 3,200.
• Tigers persist in less than 7% of their
historic range.
• 3 subspecies have gone extinct in the
last 80 years
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8. Reasons For Depletion Of Tiger
Populationa large scale
• Hunting on
• Killing the Tiger for its Skin , Claws , Teeth
, etc.
• Being a big animal it is hunted as a sport
• Illegal Hunting for Medicinal Trade
• China's Growing Demand
• Weak Law Enforcement
• Poaching and Habitat Loss
• The Genetic Threat
• Impact of Catastrophes
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9. Tiger Facts
• Tigers can live up to 15 years in the
wild.
• Males can weigh up to 300kg and
reach 1m at the shoulder.
• The Amur Tiger - the largest of the tiger
family - can measure up to 3m from its
nose to the tip of its tail.
• Tigers live in a variety of habitats from
tropical and evergreen forests,
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10. • Unlike other species of cats, tigers are
good swimmers and readily enter
water.
• They have thick striped fur.
• Colour and markings vary between the
sub-species but most have over 100
stripes.
• No two tigers have the same stripe
patterns.
• Old or sick tigers - or those living close
to encroaching human populations -
may become man-eaters as humans
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and their livestock are easy prey.

11. • Tigers hunt mainly at night, preying on
a variety of species from large buffalo
and deer to birds and porcupines
• Tigers hunt alone (unless they are
teaching their cubs) - only about one in
ten attacks result in a kill.
• Tigers hunt alone (unless they are
teaching their cubs) - only about one in
ten attacks result in a kill.
• Males have large territories (marked
with urine and scent) of about 24 sq
km, three times larger than the females,
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and may include the territories of

12. • A male may kill cubs that have been
fathered by other tigers so that he can
mate with the female to produce his
own offspring.
• Cubs learn from their mothers and
make their first solo kill at about 18
months. But they often stay with her
until they are about two and a half.
• Tigers reach maturity for breeding at
four years.
• In hot countries cubs are born
throughout the year. In cold regions,
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they are born in the spring.

13. • Cubs are usually born in a den or cave
or thick undergrowth.
• An average of 3-4 cubs are born in a
litter but it is rare for them all to survive
the first year.
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14. This graph here shows the history
of tiger population in our world
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15. An alarming number of tigers
have been erased out of the
world in 2006
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16. In Russia , the tiger population
has been rescued and the
population has gone up above
500
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17. Tiger Products
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18. Involved In This
Mission
• Forever Tiger
• Panthera
• Save Tiger Fund
• World Wide Fund
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19. Please
Save Us !
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20. Thank You
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