The Action of Tiger Conservation

The only way to stop the manslaughter of endangered species is to have everyday people and governments take interest and action to save our environment and help endangered species by protecting them and their habitats. We need to stop the killing of animals and destruction of their habitats. Without meaningful governmental support to maintain the environment and save endangered species, we will not have a way or real means of stopping the extinction of animals. We need laws and penalties to stop the slaughter of animals. I picked to research the Bengal tiger which is an endangered species. “It is the most numerous of all tiger subspecies with more than 2,500 left in the wild.(worldwildlifepg1) ”.

Tigers are always adapting and scientists speculate that there were several more subspecies in the past that are extinct now. Tigers like the South China tiger are already believed to be on their road to extinction but subspecies evolved from that such as the Bengal tigers are still living well through the population of evolution. Beautiful creatures like the White tiger haven't even been seen in the wild since the 1950s. So time and money is being spent on research to not lose any more subspecies of

“The tiger is the biggest of the big cats, reaching an extraordinary 4 meters in length and 350 kilograms in weight-as heavy as 100 domestic cats!” (“Tiger Facts” 1). That is one big cat! You might think that such a large predator would thrive, but tigers are an endangered species, and have been for years. “Intelligent and agile, big cats are ideally designed to hunt, with sharp teeth and claws, strong jaws, powerful bodies, excellent eyesight, acute hearing and a good sense of smell” (“Tiger Facts” 1). They are also very beautiful; these are some of the reasons why tigers are used in circuses, displayed in zoos, seen at fairs, and even kept as personal pets. Keeping tigers captive can be good or bad taking into account the feeding and

Figure 1: Historic and current geographic distributions of the eight subspecies of tiger. The Isthamus of Kra is the boundary that separates

Conservation of our biodiversity not only demonstrates foresight, it protects the natural resources so vital to our own continued existence. The value of any single species to an ecosystem is immeasurable; the environment will not endure without its species, despite size or niche. These animals are not dispensable. And, they are apt to face extinction in the not too distant future, unless a resolve for their preservation is insisted by the public and enforced by governments internationally.

In the last two decades, palm oil has been one of the most imported goods around the world. In fact, the top industries are located in Sumatra, Indonesia, holding up to 90% of the world’s exported palm oil. Palm oil comes from the palm fruit of the African oil palm trees, and is grown mainly in the rainforest area. Unfortunately, the actions taken to grow these trees are causing horrible impacts to the world’s environment, such as deforestation, pollution, and increased greenhouse-gas emissions. Between 1985 and 2011, more than 30 million acres of the Sumatran forest disappeared because of the involvement of palm oil. Because of these environmental impacts, it’s leading to animal cruelty, especially for the Sumatran tiger. The deforestation of palm oil is driving Sumatran tigers toward extinction, because of the endangered wildlife environment, hazardous plantations, and starvation. According to One Green Planet, at least 80% of the Sumatran wildlife habitat is lost from the production of palm oil leading to the extinction of the Sumatran tigers. In 2017, it has been recorded that their are fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers that exist (How Palm Oil Impacts the Sumatran Tiger).

The Bengal tiger can be found in a few ecosystems such: tropical rainforest, mangrove swamps, and open grasslands (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, n.d.). The Bengal tiger is an apex predator and the majority of its interactions occur with its prey. As a solitary nocturnal predator it generally coexists with other predators except in stressful situations like food shortage. The Bengal tiger is a carnivore that preys on a variety of organisms such as: moose, deer, pigs, cows and other large bodied organisms. When they do feed they consume large amounts of meat at a time and only need to hunt about once a week. The loss of tiger population could result in an overabundance of herbivores; this overabundance of herbivores could in turn destroy the plant biodiversity by overfeeding (Global Tiger Initiative, n.d.). By keeping herbivore population in check tigers play a crucial role in sustaining the ecosystem. A negative interaction that tigers can be responsible for is human death. Although records of Bengal tigers hunting humans is rare, it still causes difficulties with nearby villages (Acharya, Paudel, Neupane & Kohl, 2016). This fear of Bengal tigers can make conserving them much more difficult as villagers may kill them in perceived self defense. Conservation is crucial because of the role they play in the

Tigers were once at risk of being extinct until those who hunted them noticed the decline and began to allow them to get a chance to revive their numbers. On the other hand animals like the African elephant, rhinoceros, and even the black bear are at high risk of becoming extinct if wildlife does not begin to be conserved. Animals such as the elephant and rhino are hunted for their body parts and animals such as the black bear are hunted for game as well as their pelt. As well as the decline in animal wildlife there is a decline in wilderness as well that comes from the cars we drive and the plants we

Our ever-growing hunting of predators in the natural world has exceedingly taken a toll on our ecosystem. As we are destroying the population of predators, the very problematic organisms that the predators prey on are having a population boom. The population boom of these less threatened prey have now resulted in seriously threatening changes to the ecosystem. For example, Amur Leopards have a beautifully patterned fur that can sell between $500-$1000 per pelt. With these sales, hunters are constantly hunting these gorgeous big cats, and their population has dwindled down to just a little more than 60 individuals living now. These cats, are crucial to the ecology of Asia, along with its economy and culture. They perform mutualism with other

Even with this act creatures like the Sumatran tiger are still facing certain extinction. These tigers live on the island of Sumatra. There are many threats to their species survival. One of the main threats to them is poachers.

On Friday, Oct. 2, the women’s soccer hosted their first home Gulf South Conference match against Union University. Although UU has lost their first six matches, they came out 2-0 in GSC recently, and their confidence is high. However, the Tigers are confident and are determined to outwork the Bulldogs, and look to remain undefeated at home.

The tropical rainforest is very diverse; there all sorts of animals and plants that live there. When you think of a rainforest you usually imagine it’s giant trees and very green plants. You would also imagine the type of animals that live there and most people imagine Toucans, Red- eyed tree frogs, but most of all the Bengal Tiger. Why? Well, it’s mostly because of what we’ve learned from school but also because of how often we see them online. And the reason that we see them so often is because of how much they are decreasing in population. Bengal Tigers are endangered species and so many organizations are trying their best to save them from extinction. Another animal that is in the same position as them is the Chimpanzee, which also live in many tropical rainforests.

Tigers are very talented Most tigers nocturnal. Tigers are the pro athletes in the animal world. Tigers are also great swimmers. And some types of tigers are able to jump on trees.

1. From reading this summary of tiger ecology, what aspects of the tiger’s environment need to be recreated in a zoo environment?

The case of Flying Tiger in Japan initially caught our attention due to the big success immediately after market entry. Later on in the process we learned that there are many challenging aspects of operating the Flying Tiger business in Japan. The massive news media coverage and public attention in the early stage after the entry, served as a head start for the company. However it is not possible to sustain that level of attention, so it is necessary for Flying Tiger to figure out how to build a long-term competitive position in the Japanese market. We found that Flying Tiger needs to constantly reinvent and build the brand image, as the branding and the ‘story’ of the brand is extremely important in Japan. It is crucial for Flying Tiger to hold on to their uniqueness.