Freshmen Foundations - All About Tigers

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how much were tiger pelts worth on the black market

$10,000

how many tigers were there estimated to be at the beginning of the 20th century

100,000

how long do tigers grow

11 feet

what centuries had large killings of tigers

19th and 20th century

how much land does a tiger normally yield in the wild

200 and 300 square miles

how many tigers were there at the turn of the century out of captivity

3,000

how far can tigers normally leap horizontally

30 feet horizontally

how fast can tigers run

40 mph

how much do tigers weigh on average

670 Ib

in the past 100 years how much of the tigers historical range has been destroyed

93%

where did tigers used to have the population in

across Asia, Turkey, and the eastern coast of Russia

why is it hard to protect wild tigers

because its hard to prevent poachers from coming because of how much land it is

does the tiger need help to survive and is it endangered

both yes

what species endangered tigers and what did the species do to endanger tigers

humans, hunting and destroying habitat

what happened to some of the tigers habitats

it was turned into farmland and large tracts of land that were strip-mined

instead of tigers been spread all across asia what part of asia now has a small isolated population of tigers that still live there

south and southeastern Asia

what kind of personality do tigers have

there territorial but also solitary

what did the traditional chinese use tigers for in there medicine

tiger bones, amongst other parts, in some prescriptions


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