July 29 is celebrated across the world as International Tiger Day to raise awareness about the dwindling number of striped cats, who are on the brink of extinction, and to encourage tiger conservation. International Tiger Day was created in 2010 at Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit in Russia. In the summit, governments of tiger-populated countries vowed to double tiger population by 2022.
Almost a decade has passed since then. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions on tigers, International Tiger’s Day and facts on the big cats. Tiger population is rising at 6% every year in India. Around 3,900 tigers remain in the wild across the globe, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Since the beginning of the 20th century, over 95% of the world's tiger population has been lost. A WWF report says that about a 100 years ago, there may have been over 100,000 tigers that roamed the planet.
~By Anvithi Rohith 5 C
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