There are 3890 tigers in the wild today compared to 3200 in 2010

The number of tigers in the wld is on the rise and, today it stands at 3890 as compared to 3200 in 2010 - this has been made possible to decades of struggle for the species, according to conservationists. This growth in the tiger populations of India, Nepal, Russia and Bhutan can be attributed to factors like better surveying methods and conservation efforts as per wildlife charity WWF.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 11 April 2016.

In the words of Marco Lambertini, director general of WWF International - 'for the first time after decades of constant decline, tiger numbers are on the rise. This offers us great hope and shows that we can save species and their habitats when governments, local communities and conservationists work together.'
The news is significant as it comes amid preparations for a meeting in India about tiger conservation. The meeting will assess the halfway point of the 12-year Tx2 plan - this plan encourages countries that have tigers to double the population by 2022.
Of course, the global decline has certainly been halted but there is still no safe place for tigers. It is feared that South East Asia is at imminent risk of losing its tigers if the governments do not take immediate action.
Thai authorities have hopes of continuing to increase the number of tigers at one of their national parks in Huai Kha Khaeng. It seems following a decade of studies using hidden motion-triggered cameras to track individual animals, researchers at the park have discovered that its population of wild Indo-Chinese tigers had increased from around 20 in 2006 to more than 50 today.
Environmental groups have called for putting an end of tiger farming by some countries - they kill the endangered animal for its skin and body parts for medicine.


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