All you need to know about International Tiger Day
“To save the Jungle, we have to save the tiger.” – Rahul Wasulkar
There may have been 1,00,000 wild tigers roaming the planet a century ago.Due to widespread poaching and habitat loss, that population had fallen by an estimated 95 percent by the beginning of the twenty-first century. Once widespread throughout Asia, tigers are now only found in 13 countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia,Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand etc. July 29, has been celebrated as International Tiger day also known as Global Tiger Day.The 13 nations that make up the tiger range gathered together on this day in 2010 for the International Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg in Russia to support Tx2, a worldwide initiative to double the population of wild tigers by the year 2022.Leaders from the 13 nations that presently have or have had tigers joined together in 2010 when the tiger population had fallen to as low as 3,200 and set out to accomplish an extraordinary goal: to double the number of tigers in the wild by 2022.
The day’s goal is to promote a global system for protecting tigers’ natural habitats, as well as to raise public awareness and support for tiger conservation issues. International Tiger Day has been shown to be effective in raising online tiger awareness through information search. The current population of wild cats is 3,900, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. As previously stated, the WWF, in collaboration with the countries that have tiger populations, hopes to double their numbers to 6,000.
Let’s take a look at why Tigers are important:
- According to WWF, a tiger will travel 9 to 19 kilometres during its hunting period.
- Tigers typically hunt deers. With just one deer, it can satisfy itself for a week.
- They are the most important wild cats for maintaining the balance of the food chain of the ecosystem.
- Without tigers, the herbivores can damage the land which will lead to disruption in the balance of the environment.
5 interesting facts about tigers
- No two tigers will have the same stripes.
- The lifespan of a tiger in the wild is about 11 years.
- Tiger’s road can be heard from three kilometres away
- Tiger’s live alone and mark their territories to keep their rivals away
- Usually tiger cubs are born blind and clear vision is attained after 6-8 weeks after birth
Wanna see a real wild tiger? Here are the top 3 places to visit
1. Bandhavgarh National Park: Royalty of royal bengal tigers
Bandhavgarh National Park has the highest density of tigers in the region and it is situated in Madhya Pradesh.
2. Kanha National Park: Mowgli’s homestay
Chances of spotting tigers are high with large open meadows. The jungle book is based on this reserve.
3. Jim Corbett National Park: The first tiger reserve of India
One of the oldest parks in India, it was dedicated to the legendary hunter Corbett. This park is also known as “ elephant park” because of huge numbers of wild elephants and in addition to tigers, spot leopards and fishing cats can be spotted here.
Happy International Tiger day
Don’t strip the stripes from the scenery
#Save the Tiger.
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