Endangered tigers are breeding in India! The number is gradually growing! After decades of conservation, the Indian tiger population has exceeded 3,000. I have to admire ah! Many species in this world are gradually decreasing with the impact of the environment! Many species have even gone extinct. We can only see fossils and specimens of once rare species! Today, let's talk about India's Ah San's obsessive attitude towards the protection of the tiger species! Even the Prime Minister of India is more concerned about the change in the number of tigers!
Tigers once roamed Asia, and in the early 100th century they numbered in the millions before the species plummeted to the brink of extinction. By 2006, their numbers in India – home to most of the world's wild tigers – hit a record low of just 1411.
But decades of conservation efforts seem to be finally paying off. India's tiger population has more than doubled since then, reaching 3,167 last year, according to the latest tiger census released Sunday. According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), this is about 70% of the world's wild tiger population, which is about 4,500.
The resurgence of the Indian tiger represents a victory for environmentalists and a glimmer of hope for other countries struggling to increase wildlife populations. The report was released in conjunction with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the government conservation program "Project Tiger", launched in 1973.
"We have thousands of years of history associated with tigers... Tigers are considered our brothers among many tribes," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a speech on Sunday. "A better future for humanity is possible only when our environment is protected and our biodiversity continues to expand.
Modi also visited two tiger sanctuaries on Sunday, with photos showing leaders wearing hunting caps and camouflage uniforms.
In 2023, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Bundipur and Mudumare tiger sanctuary in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Tigers in decline, in the middle of the last century, the number of tigers gradually declined!
As the population surged, tiger numbers began to decline dramatically in the 1940s. According to WWF, agricultural expansion, deforestation, and infrastructure have fragmented tiger habitats, which is particularly devastating given that tigers are solitary animals that require large swaths of territory to roam and hunt. Today, tigers exist on only 7 percent of the land they once occupied, according to WWF.
A tiger embarks on an 800-mile journey in search of food, a mate and a place to call home
This shrinking space means an increase in human-tiger conflicts, with tigers attacking humans and entering villages in search of food in the past few decades. And they're not alone — India's endangered elephants often roam farmland and devour crops.
While environmental degradation is a problem for countries around the world, Indian bombing poses a unique challenge. In 1971, the country had a population of 54.71 billion; This year will overtake China to become the world's most populous country.
Unregulated poaching in the 1980s further accelerated the decline of tiger populations. Tigers are hunted for movement, status and consumption, and their bones and other parts are often used in traditional Chinese medicine. India officially banned tiger hunting in 1972, but it remains a major threat, with illegal poaching blamed for the complete extinction of tigers in Indian protected areas in 2005.
The implementation of successful cases has given Indian zoologists confidence!
To reverse this trend, India has developed 53 tiger protected areas covering nearly 75,800 square kilometers (about 70,000 hectares), compared to just five at the beginning of the tiger project.
Authorities have relocated and paid for entire villages to make room for tigers and created wildlife corridors to connect their fragmented habitats. The government has also invested in technologies such as drones, camera traps and software systems to track tigers' numbers, movements and behavior.
WWF warns that there are many challenges ahead. The worsening climate crisis is causing problems for fragile habitats. Many tiger reserves and reserves are "small islands in the vast ocean of ecologically unsustainable land use" where human activities encroach on tigers' environment. Despite strict laws, illegal poaching continues.
India welcomes its first newborn cheetah in more than 7 years
Still, the return of tiger populations is encouraging – India is starting to share its conservation measures with other countries where tiger populations have declined. In recent years, Delhi has signed bilateral agreements and launched initiatives including conservation workshops with Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Bhutan. And, as Modi noted in his speech on Sunday, other species have had similar success; India recently welcomed its first newborn cheetahs more than 70 years after the big cats were declared officially extinct in the country.
The cubs were born from two recovered cheetahs brought to India from Namibia as part of the government's plan to resettle 50 cheetahs over the next five years.
Write to the end: I have to say that India Asan has really done a good job in protecting animals!