The infographic explains why the tiger is endangered in a succinct way. There are many articles on this website on the gradual slide into extinction in the wild of all subspecies of tiger. The Bengal subspecies has the highest population at around 3,500 across countries including India, Bangladesh and Bhutan in the north. Most tigers are in India which is unfortunate because “India’s population climbed to 1.417 billion in the year ending 2022, according to estimates from the World Population Review, surpassing China by over 5 million” (The Independent newspaper). China’s human population is declining, however.
It does not take a brain surgeon’s power of deduction to understand that if the inhabitants of the country with the most humans share it with the largest tiger population that needs vast areas to call home, and the humans continue to procreate rapidly, there will be a big squeeze on tiger habitat which is what is happening. Most tiger are in reserves but they are arguably too small. There is a space problem for the tiger on the planet.
The highly distinguished and respected English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author, Sir David Attenborough called the human a disease infesting the planet and killing wildlife. Not far from the truth and applicable to the tiger-human relationship.
A single male Bengal tiger may need 200 square kilometers to live in. That is a rectangular piece of land that is 10 kilometers on one side and 20 kilometers on the other. Almost all the problems causing tiger endangerment in the wild are human generated. It is a human problem. There has been very little progress if any at all over the past 20 years on tiger conservation in my opinion taking together all the subspecies.
Below are some pages on the Bengal tiger. There are more. Please search.
