International Tiger Day Was observed across world
International Tiger day was observed across the world on 29th July 2015 and the day was observed every year since 2010 onwards,The day was formed on account of promotion of the expansion and protection of Tigers in world.
In last 100 years, world has lost 97 percent of all wild tigers. The
tiger count has fallen from 100000 in 1913 to 3274 in 2013 to 3200 in
2014.Tigers lost 93% of their natural habitat due to the expansion of cities
and agriculture by humans. Besides, human-wildlife conflict and climate
change also has been responsible for decline in tiger population and
loss of habitat
The day was founded at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit
in 2010 in Russia so as to protect the tiger from becoming extinct. The
summit also declared to double global tiger population by 2022
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