International Tiger Day : 29 July:
On 29 July 2015 International Tiger Day was observed across the world.The day is observed every year since 2010 to promote the protection & expansion of the wild tiger location and to gain support through awareness for tiger conservation.
In last 100 years, world has lost 97% wild tigers. The tiger count has fallen from 100000 in 1913 to 3274 in 2013 to 3200 in 2014.
Tigers lost 93 per-cent of their natural habitat due to the expansion of cities and agriculture by humans. Besides, human wildlife conflict and atmopsphere change also has been responsible for decline in tiger population and loss of habitat.
Among the 13 tiger-range countries, India with 2226 has the highest number of tiger population. India is followed by Malaysia with 500 tigers. Bangladesh, which was at 3rd with 440 tigers in 2004, saw the tiger population decline to 106 in Tiger Census 2015.
International Tiger Day observed across over the world
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