Why are tigers extincted?

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           There are three main reasons for the extinction of the tigers.  They are habitat loss, poaching, and their body parts being             used in medicine.

 

     Habitat loss

Across all of Asia, the vast forests had been cleared for timber or turned into agriculture, leaving only small islands of forest are left As the forest space is reduced, the number of animals in the forest are also reduced, and tigers cannot find the prey they need to survive.

As a result to this, tigers begin to eat the livestock of villager who live near them. Sometimes tigers even attack people and also people sometimes kill the tigers in order to protect themselves and their livestock.

Because of the habitat loss, population fragmentation is created As human population move farther into the forest, group of tigers become separated. The tigers then have to mate with the same small groups of animals because they can no longer mate with tigers in the nearby area. Over time, this inbreeding weakens the gene pool, and the tigers are born with birth defects and mutations

         Poaching

Although it is illegal to kill a tiger, they are still being poached today because of their bones, whiskers and other body parts can be sold on the black market for a lot of money.

Forestry and wildlife departments are too understaffed and under budgeted to be effective against the onslaught of the poachers.

Although there is no exact amount of tigers being poached, some sources estimated that one tiger a day is killed in India.

      Tiger Parts Used in Medicine

         Certain body parts of the tiger are being used in Chinese medicine, however they are not the only ones using them.  The           body parts that are being used are the tail, brain, eye balls, whiskers, and bones.  Here is what each body part is used              for:   Tail - skin diseases, Brain - laziness and pimples, Eye balls - epilepsy, Whiskers - used for toothaches, Bones          - rheumatism, weakness, of paralysis                                                                                                                                                         

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