Save Our Tigers

WHY SHOULD WE SAVE TIGER?
Saving the tiger means saving mankind..

Not only is tiger a beautiful animal but it is also the indicator of the forest's health. Saving the tiger means we save the forest since tiger cannot live in places where trees have vanished and in turn secure food and water for all.

If we make sure tigers live, we have to make sure that deer, antelope and all other animals that the tiger eats (its prey base) live. To make sure that these herbivores live, we must make sure that all the trees, grass and other plants that these prey animals need for food are protected. In this way, the whole forest gets saved! Saving the tiger means saving its entire forest kingdom with all the other animals in it.

Also forests catch and help store rainwater and protect soils. In this way we protect our rivers and recharge groundwater sources. Areas with less trees lead to floods, killing people and destroying homes. It takes away the precious soil, leaving behind a wasteland. The soil jams up our lakes and dams, reducing their ability to store water. By destroying the tiger's home, we not only harm tigers, but also ourselves.

The tiger thus becomes the symbol for the protection of all species on our earth since it is at the top of the food-chain. This is why we sometimes call the tiger, an apex predator, an indicator of our ecosystem's health.

WHERE DOES TIGER LIVE?

TIGERS live in hot jungles as well as in cold forests. All wild tigers live in Asia. Some of them also live in the snowy forests of Siberia. Others live in the humid jungles of Sumatra. And some live in the dry grasslands of India. 

HOW CAN YOU HELP THE TIGER?

  Kids like you CAN help tigers! We have a list of suggestions to help you get involved!

  Start a Tiger Club in your school.

  Visit Tiger Reserves with your family to know more about tiger conservation.

  Write a letter. Start a letter writing campaign to help protect tigers.

  Learn all you can about tigers, and teach others about the threats to tigers. Teaching people about the dangers tigers face is an important part of bringing about change.

  Raise money and make a donation to a tiger conservation organization.

  Kids can teach people about the plight of tigers and raise money to help support tiger conservation. Let's look at the following example:

  A "kids for tigers" campaign in India has got support of one million children & has entered the Limca Book of Records in November 2000. If you and your friends and classmates get involved in tiger conservation, let us know what your doing - we'd love to hear from you!