How many tigers are left india and why it is still being killed?
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100,000 Tigers in 20th century
Although there are no precise estimates of the tiger population in the world, their population is thought to have plummeted by over 95 per cent since the turn of the 20th century. It is believed that in 1900 there were about 100,000 tigers in the world of which possibly as few as 3,890 individuals are surviving today in the wild, according to 2016 report of World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Three subspecies – Bali, Javan and Caspian tigers – were extinct by the 1980s.
Shikar (hunting for sport) was introduced in India by Mughals who ruled the country for more than three hundred years (1526-1857). It was generally the sport of royal families and it used to be a highly organised and tiring affair, in which one outing could last even for fifteen days. Despite this, Shikar did not do much damage to the wildlife because swords and arrows were the only weapons that were used to kill. Emperor Akbar is reported to have killed a tiger with a sword. In such situation animals stood a fair chance to survive. Besides, kings, emperors and potentates also guarded the animals jealously as royal game. Almost all the Mughal Emperors were sensitive to the conservation of nature and wildlife in their own ways. Emperor Nur-ud-din Salim Jahangir or simply Jehangir, son of Akbar, was special among all of them. He not only kept tigers in his menagerie, but also recorded their behaviour in his memoirs as was his wont. He also used to keep detailed notes of other wildlife that he saw. With the coming of gunpowder and the steady, deadly improvement of guns, the tiger was in full retreat.
Although there are no precise estimates of the tiger population in the world, their population is thought to have plummeted by over 95 per cent since the turn of the 20th century. It is believed that in 1900 there were about 100,000 tigers in the world of which possibly as few as 3,890 individuals are surviving today in the wild, according to 2016 report of World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Three subspecies – Bali, Javan and Caspian tigers – were extinct by the 1980s.
Shikar (hunting for sport) was introduced in India by Mughals who ruled the country for more than three hundred years (1526-1857). It was generally the sport of royal families and it used to be a highly organised and tiring affair, in which one outing could last even for fifteen days. Despite this, Shikar did not do much damage to the wildlife because swords and arrows were the only weapons that were used to kill. Emperor Akbar is reported to have killed a tiger with a sword. In such situation animals stood a fair chance to survive. Besides, kings, emperors and potentates also guarded the animals jealously as royal game. Almost all the Mughal Emperors were sensitive to the conservation of nature and wildlife in their own ways. Emperor Nur-ud-din Salim Jahangir or simply Jehangir, son of Akbar, was special among all of them. He not only kept tigers in his menagerie, but also recorded their behaviour in his memoirs as was his wont. He also used to keep detailed notes of other wildlife that he saw. With the coming of gunpowder and the steady, deadly improvement of guns, the tiger was in full retreat.
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