Fear for tigers in the year of tiger

The world has only about 3,200 tigers left in the wild and they are facing increasing risks - including loss of habitat, illegal hunting and climate change.

Two tigers play in the lake near a temple in Kanchanaburi, Thailand.The temple feeds this tiger into a tourist attraction and is one of the few places in the world that allows visitors to touch tigers.Photo: EPA.

On February 10, the International Nature Conservation Fund (WWF) first published the interactive map of tigers. The map - providing information on 10 countries and territories with tigers - provides an overview of the threats to wild tigers. It was announced when many countries in Asia and around the world were preparing to welcome the Year of the Tiger from February 14.

However, according to the interactive map, the world only has about 3,200 tigers left in the wild and they are facing increasing risks - including loss of habitat, hunting and catching. magic and climate change.

The hope for a bright future for tigers remains when countries where tigers live, conservation agencies and organizations like the World Bank will meet in Russia this September in a conference. a special summit to map out an agenda with great ambitions to save wild tigers.

Mr. Mike Baltzer, head of the WWF Tiger initiative, said: "Tigers are being abused in places where they reside. They are poisoned, hunted, trapped, shot and pushed out of their habitats. ".

But Baltzer added that people still have a hope for a brighter future for tigers in the year of Tiger.

"Never before have governments had tigers to make high-level commitments and ambitions to double the number of tigers in such a nature. the goal and we can absolutely hope that they will achieve for the benefit of not only the tiger but also the human being, the tiger is an attractive animal and a symbol of rich diversity in birth Thai culture, culture and economy , ' he said.

Towards the summit, all 13 countries with tigers living in nature have pledged to work toward the goal of doubling the number of wild tiger fish by 2022 at the first conservation conference. tigers in Hua Hin, Thailand last month.

The interactive map is designed to further raise awareness of these issues and help countries with tigers live in nature to achieve the important goal set.

Other threats to wild tigers are also marked on the map, including:

Pulp, paper, palm oil and rubber companies are depleting forests in Indonesia and Malaysia, where wild tigers live.

Hundreds of buildings and projects to build dams and new roads in the sub-Mekong region will ruin the tiger's habitat.

Illegal bone, skin and tiger meat trade continues in East, Southeast Asia and elsewhere.

Many tiger fish are confined in Texas, USA instead of living in the wild.

The poaching of tigers and tigers and the constant increase in logging are taking away the lives of many Siberian tigers (also known as Amur tigers).

In India, tigers and humans are becoming more and more contradictory due to the dwindling tiger habitat.

Climate change can reduce tiger habitat in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh to 96%.

Three tiger subspecies have become extinct since the 40s. The Southern Flower Tiger - the fourth and native subspecies in southern China - may also have become extinct because no one has seen them in the wild for 25 years.

The tiger's living area has decreased by 40% compared to 1998 and this area is only 7% of the tiger's living area in history. The number of tigers is likely to increase in nature when they are not poached, narrow the living area and have enough food.

Amanda Nickson, WWF's animal program director on a global scale, said: "We know natural tigers need protection, food sources and safe living environments. However to save cats. "The big factor is that these factors are not enough. It is necessary to have a sustainable political spirit from the highest level in the government of the countries where the tigers live."

To view and download maps, please visit www.worldwildlife.org/tigertroublespots