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Sumatran Tigers are critically endangered and can disappear within 10 years if no effective measures are taken to preserve the population. In the beginning of the century, there were about 100,000 tigers roaming the planet. Their population was reduced greatly due to poaching and habitat loss. Nowadays, there are about 6,000 tigers on the planet and the population of the Sumatran tiger is not more than 400-500 species. Of eight known tiger species only five have survived.
Hunting the Sumatran Tiger is illegal, yet poaching still occurs. Sumatran Tigers are hunted for body parts and pelts that are used in medicine. China is considered the greatest consumer of Tiger products, yet other countries also have this tradition. It is important to change the attitude of people towards the use of Tiger products to eliminate the practice of poaching.
Nowadays, the Sumatran tiger lives in the wild and in zoos. The population found currently at zoos was bred from 37 captive tigers. Zoos in North America, Europe, and Australia are developing their breeding programs, yet not all breedings are successful.
Since the need of protecting the species in the wild has been realized of late, the Indonesian Sumatran Tiger Conservation Strategy was established to develop conservation plans. One of the objectives is to stop the reduction of Sumatran Tiger habitat. Cameras, satellites, and other means are used to determine the habitat and threats for the Sumatran tiger in the wild.
Meanwhile, the population of the species is very vulnerable and may be reduced greatly by a natural catastrophe. Hopefully, conservation efforts will turn out to be a success and Sumatran Tigers will escape the fate of those species already extinct.
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Sumatran Tigers - Conservation Links
Big Cat Rescue - The world's largest and most diverse collection of rare and exotic cats. Here you will meet and learn all about lions, Tigers and bearcats!
Dreamworld Tiger Island - Sumatran Tigers - In a major win for Tiger conservation, Dreamworld's Tiger Island welcomes a 14-month-old female Sumatran Tiger as part of an international effort to help save the species.
Endangered Species - Tiger Subspecies - Facts about the endangered species and the number of animals left.
Endangered Species: Sumatran Tigers - Reasons for Sumatran Tiger conservation.
Endangered Species: Tiger - Description of the species in danger and ways to help.
International Year of the Tiger Foundation - British Columbia based non-profit organization working to prevent the extinction of the world's wild Tigers and other endangered species.
Minnesota Zoo: Sumatran Tiger Project - Project description, Tiger anti-poaching patrols, long-term Tiger population monitoring, and more.
Save The Tiger - All about Tigers and ways to get involved in saving Tigers.
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Saving the Sumatran Tiger - A University of York graduate is involved in efforts to save endangered wild Sumatran Tigers which have become a problem to local populations, killing people and eating livestock.
Status of the Sumatran Tiger - Status of the Sumatran Tiger and occurrence in protected areas.
Sumatran Tiger Trade Flourishing as Species Dwindles - As demand for Sumatran Tiger skins increases in Southeast Asia, the species' wild population is shrinking. Join a message board.
Sumatran Tigers at Berbak - Sumatran Tiger Reserves and National Parks in detail.
Sumatran Tigers at Taman Safari Need Help - Campaign to help Perth Zoo upgrade the Sumatran Tiger facility, and for educational programs to prevent the extinction of the Sumatran Tiger.
The Sumatran Tiger Site - This website tries to cover all the salient issues in Tiger conservation, with particular emphasis on the Sumatran Tiger within Kerinci Seblat National Park (KSNP), West Sumatra.
The Sumatran Tiger Trust - An international charity set up to fund conservation of the Sumatran Tiger in the wild.
The Tiger Crisis in Indonesia - Indonesia once had three subspecies of Tiger. Today, two are extinct and only 500 wild Sumatran Tigers remain.
The Tiger Species Survival Plan - The Tiger Species Survival Plan is organized to save the Sumatran Tiger.
Tiger Conservation - Tiger conservation, education, and rescue group with information about Tiger natural history, genetics, and conservation.
Tiger Facts: Sumatran Tigers - The current population of the Sumatran Tiger and ways to protect the species.
Tiger Foundation - Organization dedicated to ensuring the survival of Tiger subspecies offers education programs and a list of projects they sponsor.
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Tiger: Defenders of Wildlife - Learn more about habitat, range, behavior, survival threats, and various species of the Tiger.
Tigers - A site by the World Wildlife Fund on Tigers. Contains basic information, and also detailed accounts of the Tiger's plight for survival in several countries.
Tigers Losing Ground - One of the most charismatic species is increasingly under threat despite a number of noteworthy international and local efforts to ensure its survival in the wild.
Time Running out to Save Sumatran Tiger - A world authority on Tigers says education is vital if the Sumatran Tiger of Indonesia is to be saved from extinction.
World Wildlife Federation UK - Tigers - Features information on Tigers and their threatened extinction. Help the conservation cause by adopting a Tiger.
WWF: Sumatran Tiger Faces Extinction - Illegal logging and poaching could wipe out the Sumatran Tiger in the next 10 years, the World Wide Fund for Nature warns.
