{"id":113591,"date":"2021-07-29T17:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T12:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digpu.com\/?p=113591"},"modified":"2021-07-29T17:59:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T12:29:06","slug":"95-percent-of-the-tiger-population-has-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digpu.com\/what-is-today\/95-percent-of-the-tiger-population-has-dropped","title":{"rendered":"International Tiger Day: About 95% of the Tiger Population has Dropped Over Last 150 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Every year on July 29, International Tiger Day is observed with the motive for urgent action to protect tigers and stop the illegal trade in wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several countries signed the agreement in the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit, which was held in Russia, in 2010. The agreement was regarding raising awareness of the decreasing tiger population globally and preserving the natural habitat of tigers. Also, the representatives from various countries declared that the tiger-populated countries would thrive to double the tiger population by the end of the year 2022. This year the theme for the international day is, \u201cTheir Survival is in our hands\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several factors like illegal wildlife trade, poaching, human-wildlife conflict, habitat loss, and fragmentation have led to the decrease in their population over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As per the records, four species of tigers are already extinct; Bali Tiger, Caspian Tiger, Javan Tiger, and Tiger Hybrids. Therefore observing World Tiger Day is very vital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n