The tiger is the largest cat species, reaching up to 3.38 meters long and weighing up to 388.7 kg. It is recognizable by its vertical dark stripes on orange fur. Tigers once ranged widely across Asia but have lost 93% of their historic range over the past 100 years. There are currently estimated to be around 5,000 tigers remaining across 13 countries in Asia. Several conservation programs and systems like Project Tiger in India have helped increase wild tiger populations from 1,827 in the early 1970s to over 2,200 currently.

3. The tiger is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up
to 3.38 m (11.1 ft) over curves and exceptionally weighing up to
388.7 kg (857 lb) in the wild. Its most recognizable feature is a
pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter
underside. Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, from Turkey, in the
west to the eastern coast of Russia. Over the past 100 years, they
have lost 93% of their historic range, and have been extirpated from
southwest and central Asia, from the islands of Java and Bali, and
from large areas of Southeast and Eastern Asia.

4. SUBSPECIES:
Royal Bengal Tiger
Indochinese Tiger

5. Malayan Tiger Siberian Tiger
Sumatran Tiger South China
Tiger

6. Rare subspecies of WhiteTigers found only in Bengal.

7. Before the Britishers arrived to India, the population
of the tigers are more in India. But when they came to
India they Killed the tigers so rapidly so that the
population went down. They killed the tigers for their
prestige. Killing tigers or Hunting is their hobby.

8. In the early 1900’s, population of tigers in India and the world are above lakhs. In India, West
Bengal, Uttarkhand, Orissa, and many other places tigers are found,
BUT NOW ………….??????????????????????

20. Country Estimate
Bangladesh 440
Bhutan 75
Cambodia 20
China 45
India 2,226
Indonesia 500
Laos 17
Malaysia 500
Myanmar 85
Nepal 155
North Korea n/a
Russia 360
Thailand 200
Vietnam 20
Total 4,968

22. TO INCREASE THE POPULATION VARIES
SYSTEMS ARE FOLLOWED:
CITES is an international governance network employing tools and measures
which adapt and become more efficient with time. One measure specifically
aimed at protecting the tiger is visible in the network’s efforts to ban the
trade of tigers or tiger derivatives.
In order for CITES to work effectively it requires the involvement of
institutions, NGOs, civil society and member states: especially Asian tiger
range member countries. The Tiger Range Countries (TRC) – countries where
tigers still roam free –
are: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao
PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam and North-Korea.

24. India:
Project Tiger, started in 1972, is a major effort to conserve the tiger
and its habitats in India. At the turn of the 20th century, one estimate
of the tiger population in India placed the figure at 40,000, yet an
Indian tiger census conducted in 1972 revealed the existence of only
1827 tigers.
Launched on 1 April 1973, Project Tiger has become
one of the most successful conservation ventures in
modern history. The project aims at tiger conservation
in specially-constituted 'tiger reserves', which are
representative of various bio-geographical regions
falling within India. It strives to maintain viable tiger
populations in their natural environment. Today, there
are 27 Project Tiger wildlife reserves in India,
covering an area of 37,761 km².

25. Project Tiger is a Tiger conservation programme launched in 1973 by
the Government of India under its then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
During the tiger census of 2006, Based on the result of these surveys, the
total tiger population has been estimated at 1,411 individuals ranging from
1,165 to 1,657 adult and sub-adult tigers of more than 1.5 years of
age. Owing to the project, the number of tigers has improved to 2226 as
per the latest census report released on January 20, 2015.
Project Tiger is administered by the National Tiger Conservation
Authority.

26. THE AIRCEL::::

27. The various tiger reserves were created in the country based on
'core-buffer' strategy:
For each tiger reserve, management plans were drawn up
based on the following principles:
 Elimination of all forms of human exploitation and biotic
disturbance from the core area and rationalization of activities in
the buffer zone.
 Restricting the habitat management only to repair the damages
done to the ecosystem by human and other interferences so as
to facilitate recovery of the ecosystem to its natural state
 Monitoring the faunal and floral changes over time and carrying
out research about wildlife

28. Save the Tiger Fund (or STF for short) was established in
1995. STF gave 336 grants totaling $17.3 million between
1995 and 2009.
The corporation included Esso Petroleum well known for
the advertising slogan:
The STF

29. The campaign was officially launched on 5th April
2014 with the Aircel-NDTV Tiger Agenda show which
witnessed the coming together of well-known
personalities
The season 1 was successful, {started on 5th
April,2014}
The famous advertisement of Aircel.,,,,,,

30. Famous personalities and their support to Aircel the Tigers:
M.S.Dhoni,captainof Indiancricketteam
AmitabhBachchan, actor
Surya, actor

32. A news paper cutting
Tiger was the symbol of Olympic
games, South Korea, in 1988.

34. Say a small description on these pictures:

35. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has named four female white tiger cubs
born in a zoo near here as Anitha, Preetha, Suneetha and
Sangeetha.
The cubs were born to a white tiger, Akanksha, at the Arignar
Anna Zoological Park at Vandalur. Then in 2013, she visited the
zoo to review the facilities being provided for both the animals and
visitors and christened seven tiger cubs then.