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    Why Are Bengal Tigers Endangered

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    The Bengal tiger is an endangered subspecies that faces many threats to its survival. Its population has declined dramatically over the past century due to loss of habitat from human encroachment, as well as threats from poaching and conflicts with humans and livestock. Current estimates indicate there are fewer than 2,500 Bengal tigers remaining in the wild, living primarily in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan, though their habitat range is only 20% of what it was a century ago. Continued habitat loss, poaching, and human-wildlife conflicts pose severe risks to the long-term survival of the Bengal tiger.

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    Why Are Bengal Tigers Endangered

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    The Bengal tiger is an endangered subspecies that faces many threats to its survival. Its population has declined dramatically over the past century due to loss of habitat from human encroachment, as well as threats from poaching and conflicts with humans and livestock. Current estimates indicate there are fewer than 2,500 Bengal tigers remaining in the wild, living primarily in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan, though their habitat range is only 20% of what it was a century ago. Continued habitat loss, poaching, and human-wildlife conflicts pose severe risks to the long-term survival of the Bengal tiger.

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    The Bengal tiger is an endangered subspecies that faces many threats to its survival. Its population has declined dramatically over the past century due to loss of habitat from human encroachment, as well as threats from poaching and conflicts with humans and livestock. Current estimates indicate there are fewer than 2,500 Bengal tigers remaining in the wild, living primarily in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan, though their habitat range is only 20% of what it was a century ago. Continued habitat loss, poaching, and human-wildlife conflicts pose severe risks to the long-term survival of the Bengal tiger.

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    Why Are Bengal Tigers Endangered

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    The Bengal tiger is an endangered subspecies that faces many threats to its survival. Its population has declined dramatically over the past century due to loss of habitat from human encroachment, as well as threats from poaching and conflicts with humans and livestock. Current estimates indicate there are fewer than 2,500 Bengal tigers remaining in the wild, living primarily in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan, though their habitat range is only 20% of what it was a century ago. Continued habitat loss, poaching, and human-wildlife conflicts pose severe risks to the long-term survival of the Bengal tiger.

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    WHY ARE BENGAL TIGERS ENDANGERED?

    Tigers are icons of beauty, power, and the importance of conservation. However, the Bengal
    tiger is an endangered species. Although it is protected by wildlife laws and it has been chosen
    as the national animal of India, its numbers keep decreasing.

    The Bengal tiger, also called the Royal Bengal tiger or the Indian Tiger and scientifically known
    as Panthera tigris tigris, is the subspecies with the largest population. It is the national animal
    of India, place where its image is part of the traditions and the culture. In Bangladesh, it is also
    the national animal present even in the bills.

    The morphology of the Bengal tiger is beautiful and imposing. It is a mammal with thick legs,
    strong teeth and jaws and coat with the characteristic coloration pattern. Its skin shows a
    yellow to light orange color that in the belly and the internal areas of the legs becomes white
    or cream. Black, gray or brown stripes run vertically down all its body before the tail, where
    they become rings. They can reach 3.2 m long and weight between 115 to 320 kg.

    There is a rare variant of the Bengal tiger. Due to a genetic mutation, some specimens exhibit a
    white coat with dark stripes and blue eyes, but it is important to know that they are not albino
    tigers, just a genetic variety.

    The largest populations of Bengal tigers are in India, but there are some smaller groups in
    Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. It may also be present in areas of China and Burma. Bengal
    tiger habitats usually are tropical rainforests, marshes, and tall grasses.

    The power of the Bengal tiger is evident when observing its effectiveness at the time of
    hunting. This carnivorous animal search for medium or large prey such as: Wild boars, badgers,
    water buffaloes, goats, small elephant calves, rhino calves, gaur.

    An estimate of the World Tiger Recovery Program indicates that there are about 440
    individuals in Bangladesh, about 155 in Nepal and about 75 in Bhutan. The approximate
    number of specimens is less than 2,500.

    However, the latest census of 2016 indicates that there are 106 tigers in Bangladesh, 103 in
    Buthan, 198 in Nepal and 2,226 in India. This information is from government sources and is
    not confirmed by independent organizations.

    As climate change and global warming threaten their natural habitat, Bengal tigers are facing a
    severe threat. With the rise in ocean levels, tigers are losing habitat due to coastal erosion in
    areas such as Sundarbans. Rising sea levels claim more of their habitat, and sea water enters
    rivers causing freshwater to become saline. These are the reasons the tiger is moving
    northward and facing a shrinking natural habitat.

    Animal and human interests often clash, bringing conflict. Humans have made the Bengal
    tigers' habitat shrink, encroaching on their population and displacing them from their natural
    homes. Bengal tigers are also seen as threatening for human herders and their livestock and
    thereby hunted.

    Bengal tigers also face other human threats such as poachers and hunters, who kill them for
    their valuable pelt. There is a booming black market trade of this sort of items, with Bengal
    tiger body parts being used in traditional Asian medicine.
    Rampant population growth in India has reduced the range the Bengal tiger critically needs for
    its survival. Construction of roadways and crop cultivation has not only fragmented the Bengal
    tiger's territory, it has also reduced the availability of prey.

    Today, the tigers' habitat range is 20 times smaller than what it was at the start of the 20th
    century.

    At the start of the 20th century, the worldwide tiger population was estimated at 100,000. In
    just 100 years, the situation has turned for the worst and the survival of the great big cat is
    now in question. Between 1900 and 1972, the Bengal tiger population fell dramatically. The
    Bengal tiger is still the most numerous of the subspecies, accounting for roughly half of the
    world's tigers. However, Bengal tigers have been associated with status symbols, decorative
    items, and folk cures. A new poaching crisis threatens this predator with the indiscriminate
    felling of trees and rapid urbanization.

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