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Tigers are critically endangered, facing extinction due to severe habitat loss and rampant poaching for their body parts (skins, bones for traditional medicine), with populations decimated across Asia, though recent efforts show some hope in India. Their vast territorial needs, habitat fragmentation from development, and illegal wildlife trade are major threats, pushing these majestic cats to the brink, with populations plummeting from 100,000 to around 5,600 in just a century. 

Key Threats:

Poaching: The illegal market for tiger skins, bones, and other parts drives intense hunting, often using crude snares.

Habitat Loss & Fragmentation: Deforestation, infrastructure, and human encroachment shrink their necessary vast territories.

Human-Wildlife Conflict: As tigers lose land, encounters with humans increase, leading to retaliatory killings. 

Current Status:

Endangered: Tigers are listed as Endangered, with significant declines in range and numbers.

India's Role: India now holds about half the world's wild tigers, making it crucial for conservation.

Declining Range: The area occupied by tigers has shrunk drastically, with some populations disappearing entirely. 

Conservation Efforts:

Anti-Poaching Patrols: Increased investment in conservation and ranger protection.

Monitoring: Using methods like sniffer dogs to estimate populations.

Habitat Protection: Efforts focus on securing large landscapes for tiger survival. 

Hope & Action:

Despite severe threats, some areas show recovery, demonstrating that conservation works.

Reducing carbon footprints and supporting conservation groups are ways individuals can help.