PLEASE SAVE THE TIGER

06Mar08

“Within five years, India’s tigers will be extinct unless immediate action is taken to prevent it,” says Michael Day, founder of the watchdog organization Tiger Trust.

Our National Animal is on the brink of extinction. It is on its way to end up in our history books, unless WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Here are some facts. What is on this page might not be new to you. It is still not too late.

Please take a minute off to do your bit to save this majestic creature at NDTV’s SAVE THE TIGER campaign.

February 3, 1996

There are currently about 5,000 tigers left in the wild, and the Worldwide Fund for Nature says that poachers kill at least one of the magnificent cats every day.

By 1998, the Chinese year of the tiger, the South China breed will be nearly extinct.

1 April, 2005

The western Indian state of Rajasthan suspends its top wildlife official and seven others for failing to protect most of the 26 tigers in the reserve, which fell prey to poachers.

February 13, 2008

India’s wild tiger population has dropped from nearly 3,600 five years ago to an estimated 1,411, the Indian government announced this week, along with a plan to create eight new tiger reserves.

Environmentalists believe all these numbers don’t reflect the ground reality. According to WWF reports, poachers kill atleast one tiger every single day!

You might have hated those poachers, not knowing what to do. Here’s your chance. Text your friends asking them to join the campaign.

Spread word about the alarming situation!!!

Say a NO to any product that comes from a tiger. Be it an aphrodisiac from the Tiger’s parts, it’s claw, it’s eye, it’s fur, or any other wierd product that ‘promises’ to cure an ailment.

Do your bit. We have lost many a species. Let’s make the government take notice, before it’s too late!

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