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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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