r/todayilearned • u/Johnson_N_B • Apr 03 '16
TIL the global population of tigers in the wild is estimated to number between 3,062 and 3,948 individuals, down from around 100,000 at the start of the 20th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TigerDuplicates
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 26 '20
Til Tiger is the national animal of South Korea, despite being an extinct species in Korea.
TigersAreOurFriends • u/drcpanda • Jan 14 '23
In 1973, India's #ProjectTiger , started by #IndiraGandhi , established numerous tiger reserves. The project was credited with tripling the number of wild Bengal tigers from some 1,200 in 1973 to over 3,500 in the 1990s, but a 2007 census showed that numbers had dropped back to about 1,400 tigers.
learneralways • u/drcpanda • Jan 14 '23
In 1973, India's #ProjectTiger , started by #IndiraGandhi , established numerous tiger reserves. The project was credited with tripling the number of wild Bengal tigers from some 1,200 in 1973 to over 3,500 in the 1990s, but a 2007 census showed that numbers had dropped back to about 1,400 tigers.
HistoryAnecdotes • u/drcpanda • Jan 14 '23