Saving The Tigers.

    A new study has shown that there are 42 conservation areas for saving tigers. It seems that the logical thing to do would be to find the key areas where tigers breed and conserve those specific areas, but that isn't being done. 
    The problem is that only one third of the 3,200 tigers living in the wild are breeding females, which is only 6% of the available habitat. Most of the breeding areas are in India, Eastern Russia, Indonesia, and some parts of Asia. Decreasing poaching in these areas would definitely help the population of tigers. The Wildlife Conservation Society suggested increasing law enforcement and surveillance, but that would cost around $82 million a year; $35 million for larger population monitoring, community organizing, and law enforcement, and $42 million for conserving the source sights. There have been efforts that were successful in the past for tigers, and even African rhinoceros.

    The Wildlife Conservation Society's Dr. Joe Walston stated that in the past, efforts have failed to prevent the poaching of tigers and their prey, and the focus needs to be on securing the sites where the 6% of tigers live.
    In my opinion, the Wildlife Conservation Society should help decrease poaching in the areas where the tigers breed, and everywhere tigers live, for that matter. The tiger population has already dropped by 97% in the last 20 years, and I personally think that number shouldn't drop anymore. This relates to class because the tiger population is decreasing and without tigers, the animals they eat will be overpopulated, which would definitely change the environment.