Royal Bengal Tigers are in great danger due to habitat loss because of growing human populations. Because they need a large territory to hunt, their population went from the thousands to the hundreds. Now only a couple hundred tigers live in the Sunderban Mangroves. Tigers are also a target for poaching and hunting which dwindles their population even more. WWF-India is involved in having priority landscapes for the tigers providing relief for their population. This is their mission statement, "
Within these key landscapes, WWF and its partners work to reduce or remove threats to tigers in the wild by restoring their habitat, maintaining connectivity, and securing a wilderness landscape, strengthening anti-poaching efforts, working with villages in critical tiger corridors, mitigating human-wildlife conflict by creating physical barriers (solar fencing, CPTs), providing interim relief schemes to curb retaliatory killing, providing alternatives to reduce pressure on forest resources, exploring and supporting alternative livelihood options, facilitating institutional strengthening of local communities and creating awareness among villagers and local populace for their protection." (http://www.wwfindia.org/royal_bengal_tiger.cfm 2012)
http://www.wwfindia.org/royal_bengal_tiger.cfm 2012)
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bengal-tiger/
Citation:
"WWF India - Royal Bengal Tiger." WWF India - Welcome to WWF-India. Geological Survey of India , n.d. Web. 4 Dec. 2012. <http://www.wwfindia.org/royal_bengal_tiger.cfm>
Nichols, Michael. A mother Bengal tiger and her cub rest in the tall grass of a meadow. Tiger cubs remain with their mothers for two to three years before dispersing to find their own territory.. N.d. Bengal Tigers, India. National Geographic. Web. 4 Dec. 2012.
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