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PrOJeCT Tiger
We might lose things that we may find again and if not we can replace them. But we are in danger of losing animals, plants
and insects that we can NEVER replace. Project Tiger is one of the most important initiatives to save the tiger.
WHY ARE TIGERS ENDANGERED ?
HuMAn pRESSuRE
Poaching and Mining and Conversion
illegal trade development of land into
activities agricultural and
grazing land
Killed for tiger bones and other
parts used in traditional Chinese
medicine
TIGER SuB-SpECIES
The other sub-species in very small numbers are the
sumatran tiger, the siberian tiger, the indo-Chinese tiger and
the amur tiger. The tiger species originated in China as the
oldest remains of an extinct tiger relative, called the longdan
tiger. Yet the south The government of india took a pioneering initiative to
China Tiger is the most protect the national animal by launching Project Tiger in
critically endangered 1973. Nine forests were nominated as part of Project Tiger
tigers, down to a few reserves. The main strategy of Project Tiger was to protect
only in the Chinese the habitat of the tiger in order to protect the species.
zoos.The Caspian, bali Project Tiger has been one of the world’s most successful
and Javan tigers are conservation projects. while launching the project late
already extinct.
Illustration by: Student of smt. indira gandhi, former Prime Minister of india, gave
Delhi School of Excellence, Hyderabad complete responsibility to the forest officers who were
ACTIVITY asked to protect the forests with the help of dedicated
forest dwellers. Project Tiger is now an on-going centrally
THE TIGER TIMES sponsored scheme of the Ministry of environment and
Forests under the govt. of india. Today there are 47 Tiger
reserves in india.
GOING, GOING, GONE
Did you know?
Tiger shikar was totally banned as late as 1970. On
10 April 1972, a representative of the World Wildlife
Fund, Guy Mountfort met the Prime Minister, Mrs.
design the front page of a newspaper taking just news,
facts and advertisements associated with the tiger. Indira Gandhi to ask for help to save the tiger. She
became the tiger’s greatest defender.
Tiger Trails - illustration by: Gayatri K, IX, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Public School, Hyderabad
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