Tigers are one of the most graceful, beautiful and majestic animals
on Earth. Our living planet has many wonders, which many of us cherish.
Without always realising it, people depend on the tiger and the role it
plays in helping to maintain a healthy, balanced ecosystem in those
areas where it lives. Without tigers, deer and wild boar populations
would boom, meaning that forests would not fully regenerate – they eat a
lot of vegetation, as we have seen with deer in Scotland and sheep in
Wales. Vegetation composition would change and this would affect many
other species. The forests are important for people as well as wildlife,
who depend on them for food, fuel, water resources and other non-timber
forest products such as fruit and nuts. The forests provide livelihood
opportunities and are of cultural and spiritual importance to
communities. For sure, our world would be a poorer place without wild
tigers.
In St Petersburg in November 2010, 13 tiger-range
governments, together with partners in tiger conservation, committed to
the goal of doubling wild tiger numbers to more than 6,000 by 2022 (Tx2
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