Bengal Tigers Endangered

By Amber Elsner

ProblemEndangeredHabitat lossPoaching

HistoryTotal 9 subspecies

3 extinct6 survive

Mortality rate in India8.19%

Birth rate in India4.93%

HistoryHabitat destruction

Mangrove swampsForest coverage

Human settlement

HistorySport for the wealthySkins for trophiesTraditional medicinesPrey depletion

SubspeciesBengal: 3,100-4,700Indochinese: 1,200-1,800Malayan: 600-800Sumatran: 400-500Siberian: 350-400South China: 20-30Balinese: Sept. 27, 1937Javan: 1980sCaspian: late 1950s

Michael SoulePopulation biologistLose genetic diversityStochasticprocess

Genetic drift erases gene forms from population

Michael SouleGenetic homogeneity

Not for natural reasons Humans

Habitat destructionSettlement

Michael SouleIsolation

Cut off from new genesEliminate avoiding inbreeding

Willem WijnstekersSecretary-general of the Convention

of International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

Letter addressing concernManmohan Singh (Prime Minister of

India)

Willem WijnstekersPopulation in India

Estimated approximately 3,600Main reason for decrease in

populationPoachingHunting

Willem WijnstekersNational park workers

Deny poaching Prevent poaching and hunting

Population doesn’t reach extinction

ActionsConservation zone

Preserve habitat corridorsMadhya Pradesh, India

Incentives

AnalysisPrevent

Poaching Hunting

Conserve habitat locationsForests

Protect subspeciesWith low counts in population

Critically endangeredEndangered

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