Tiger populations in India have sharply declined due to poaching for their skins and body parts, which are used in traditional medicine and sold illegally. Though bans are in place, poachers continue to kill tigers despite government warnings against hunting or collecting wood from former tiger habitats. Conservation efforts aim to protect the remaining tigers from extinction, but according to the document, the tiger population has dropped dramatically from 100,000 to only 3,200 due to poaching.