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The Endangered Tigers

The Endangered Tigers. Introduction. The largest cat in the world, the tiger, is an endangered species. Why are they an endangered species and just how endangered are they? Where do they live, what do they look like, and how many are still alive?

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The Endangered Tigers

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  1. The Endangered Tigers

  2. Introduction • The largest cat in the world, the tiger, is an endangered species. • Why are they an endangered species and just how endangered are they? Where do they live, what do they look like, and how many are still alive? • You might be surprise how few there are left. I’m going to answer those questions and talk about how we can help tigers.

  3. What is a Tiger? • Tigers are a part of the enormous cat family (Felidae). Their scientific name is “Pantheratigris spp.” • They are about one metre high and 2.2 meters long, they weigh approximately 160kg to 230kg, and they can live in captivity up to 20 years. They are Reddish tan with black vertical stripes which makes them very beautiful animals. • Tigers live in the continent of Asia including the countries of: Russia, Thailand, China, and India. Tiger’s habitat is grassland areas, temperate forests, swamps, and jungles. They like living close to water, where ever there is a large abundance of food and shelter. • Tigers are carnivores. They eat deer, antelopes, and many other animals that, most of the time, are smaller than them.

  4. Different Species of Tigers • There are many different species of tigers. Three tigers have gone extinct in the past 70 years; the Caspian, the Javan, and the Bali. • The estimated remaining 3200 tigers are: Siberian, Bengal, South China, Sumatran Indochinese, and Malayan. • Something that is interesting is the Bengal is the most common and the Siberian is the largest! • Did you know that another name for the Siberian tiger is the Amur tiger and another name for the Bengal tiger is the Indian tiger? (That is cool)

  5. Siberian • Sumatran Indochinese Malayan

  6. Interesting facts about tigers • Tigers are nocturnal which means that they hunt at night. • Tigers like to swim in water which is weird because most cats don’t like water. But not the tiger! • Tigers can live in large range of weather from -40°c up to 40°c. From burrrrrrrrrrr cold to haaaaaa hot. • They can jump horizontally up to 10 meters (WOW!). • There are more captive tigers in the USA then all the wild tigers in the world. • The tiger is used a lot in Asian art and folk lore. Tigers are a large part of the Chinese religion.

  7. Tigers and Humans • The one bad thing that tigers do, is eat people. • But humans are more destructive of the tiger: poaching tigers and taking the land that the tigers are living in. • Some of the reasons that people are killing tigers are: • for their body parts, • for their skins, • for fear • and for sport. • The reasons that people are taking land for are: agriculture, logging, and for cities.

  8. Tigers and Humans • I hope this quote will help you understand how much land is wasted by the way we are eating: • "A person following a low-fat vegetarian diet, for example, will need less than half (0.44) an acre per person per year to produce their food," said Christian Peters, M.S., Ph.D., a Cornell postdoctoral associate in crop and soil sciences.. "A high-fat diet with a lot of meat, on the other hand, needs 2.11 acres." www.sciencedaily.com Science Daily (Oct. 8, 2007)

  9. So what can we do about this? • Well, we can donate money to help stop the tigers’ habitat destruction, like do the ‘adopt a tiger’ at www.worldwildlife.org. • Buy things that are forest friendly, meaning they don’t use up a lot of forest. By doing this we are keep habitat for the tigers. • Don’t buy things that are made with tiger parts like: • tiger skin rugs and • Chinese medicines made with tiger parts. • Eat foods locally grown and live simply. Having excessive stuff can mean we are destroying the habitat when we don’t even mean to.

  10. Conclusion • We learnt a lot about tigers like they can jump a long ways, they are used in Asian folklore, and unlike other cats they love water. As you learnt there are not that many tigers left, but we can help! • Remember the number one cause for their decline is habitat destruction. We can buy forest friendly products. Why don’t you go online and adopt a tiger to help save the tiger and it’s habitat?

  11. Bibliography/sources: • World Wildlife Foundation, “Tigers” www.worldwildlife.org • Encyclopedia Britannica, “Tiger (mammal)”, www.britannica.com • National Geographic, Book of Mammals Vol., Published by the National Geographic Society.

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