Today we celebrate the magnificence of the iconic Wild Tiger. It’s a day of HOPE - that we can still turn hope into action, action into survival.
It’s also a day to acknowledge that another year has passed, bringing this majestic species closer to extinction. A day to remind us that time is running out and there is so much more work to do.
Today, we need to bring Wild Tigers back onto the Global Agenda; we cannot accept complacency- we expect governments to act. Did you know that there far are more tigers in captivity than there are in the wild? While 3,200 tigers are left in the wild globally, the USA has 10,000 tigers in captivity. Meanwhile, China has 6,000 tigers in breeding farms, bred for their skins and parts to be sold and used in products such as Tiger Bone Wine. We ask the US Congress and the Chinese Government to act together to get tigers out of captivity and back into the wild, where they belong.
We also need to reach out to our communities to drive a global campaign for survival & remind the world that tiger habitats are still disappearing, that poaching and the illegal trade of tiger skins and parts is a global industry, and that wild tiger numbers continue to fall.
Please don’t stop thinking about tigers until next year rolls around… every day is the day to save Wild Tigers.
Together, we can get Wild Tigers back on the Global Agenda. THE CLOCK IS TICKING…
