Born Free Foundation - Keep Wildlife in the Wild

Wild tigers are in crisis and the main threat is human activity, while captive animals are exploited in zoos and circuses.  In the wild, less than 5,000 tigers remain.  The largest population is in India but less than 1,500 survive there.  Threats include habitat loss due to mining, damns, logging, farming and human settlement; poaching for traditional Chinese medicine (tiger bone is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, while folklore regards tiger penis as an aphrodisiac); and poaching for the skin trade. 

Part of the Big Cat Campaign