Isis Trenchard Mrs Wright period 4 IndoChinese Tiger

Isis Trenchard Mrs. Wright period 4

Indo-Chinese Tiger Siberian Tiger • Only about 400 left in wild • Largest of the tiger subspecies • Found in eastern Russia, Northern China and Northern Korea Bengal Tiger • about 3000 to 4800 left in wild • Found in mostly in India Sumatran Tiger • about 400 wild tigers • found of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia • smallest of all tiger subspecies • about 1200 to 1800 left in wild • Found on Malaysian Peninsula and in Vietnam and Thailand South China Tiger • only 20 to 30 left in wild • Found in Southeastern China • Most critically endangered

Caspian Tiger • went extinct in 1950’s or 70’s • lived near Caspian sea in Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and part of Russia Bali Tigers • lived on island of Bali in Indonesia • went extinct in 1937 • picture (above) is of last known tiger Javan Tigers • lived on the island of Java in Indonesia • They went extinct in 1972

Poaching • body parts used in traditional Chinese medicine • worth lots of money on black market Habitat Loss • forests being cut down for agriculture • population fragmentation - populations are separated so gene pool is limited

Same tiger Tigeress stuck in trap

• Tiger and Rhinoceros Act of 1994 bans sale of anything labeled as containing tiger and rhinoceros parts • Project Tiger in India • captive breeding programs • education of the public • care 2. com