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Amur tiger
photo: WWF-Canon / Hartmut JUNGIUS |
WWF and Tiger Conservation
In the past 100 years, the number of tigers has been reduced by 95 percent. We entered the 21st century with tigers already extinct in a number of their historic range countries and the remaining tigers on the verge of meeting the same fate. Across their range, these magnificent animals are being poisoned, electrocuted, snared, shot and even captured as cubs - the majority to meet the demands of the illegal wildlife trade.
Since its founding in 1961, WWF has rallied significant support for tiger conservation. In devising its landscape approach, WWF worked with international tiger experts from IUCN, the Smithsonian Institution, Zoological Society of London and the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Tigers are the top predator over some of the world's most diverse remaining forests, and successful tiger conservation will not only benefit the animal itself, but also the many thousands of other species that live with it, including humans. Although tigers face formidable odds, there is hope for this adaptable, vigorous species.
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