International Tiger Day celebrated on 29th July 2016

Q.  International Tiger Day has been celebrated on which day?
- Published on 01 Aug 16

a. 28th July
b. 29th July
c. 30th July
d. 31st July

ANSWER: 29th July
 
UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme) celebrated International Tiger’s Day on 29th July 2016.
  • Of 100000 tigers roaming the nation a century ago only 3200 are left behind, according to a WWF 2014 report.
  • Between 2000 and 2014, authorities across Asia seized parts of as many as 1590 tigers killed for traditional medicine, according to wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic.
  • WWF has warned that poaching and habitat loss could bring extinction for the Asian big cats.
  • India is home to 50 percent of the world’s tiger population with 1706 tigers.
  • Of 9 species, 3 are extinct while 6 exist in the world today. The tigers that are not extinct include Siberian Tigers, Bengal tigers, Indochinese tigers, Malayan and Sumatran tigers and South China tigers.
  • 3 extinct species are Bali, Caspian and Java tigers.

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