Reasons Why Tigers Are Endangered

I am doing MA History degree from Mumbai University and got an assignment to make project on the topic Remaining Tiger Subspecies. Will you please provide me details about Remaining Tiger Subspecies and also tell me what the reasons behind why tigers are endangered are?

[Shaleen]

Today four of the remaining subspecies of tigers are considered endangered by the IUCN, while two of the subspecies are considered “critically” endangered.

Remaining Tiger Subspecies:

Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) are the most numerous tiger subspecies with its remaining wild populations estimated at around 2,500.

Indochinese tigers (Panthera tigris corbetti) are located in Thailand, Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam.

Siberian tigers or Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) are around 300 Siberian tigers in this region with small pockets of Siberian tigers in China and North Korea.

South China tigers (Panthera tigris amoyensis) are the smallest of all the tiger subspecies; it is also the most critically endangered

Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) are found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra off the Malaysian Peninsula.

Reasons:

Illegal Hunting for Medicinal Trade
China's Growing Demand
Weak Law Enforcement
Poaching and Habitat Loss
The Genetic Threat
Impact of Catastrophes

List of some top Tiger reserves in India:

Bandipur Karnataka
Jim Corbett Uttarakhand
Kanha Madhya Pradesh
Manas Assam
Melghat Maharashtra
Palamau Jharkhand
Ranthambore Rajasthan
Similipal Odisha
Sunderbans West Bengal
Periyar Kerala
Sariska Rajasthan
Buxa West Bengal
Indravati Chhattisgarh
Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh
Dudhwa Uttar Pradesh
Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tamil Nadu
Valmiki Bihar
Pench Madhya Pradesh
Tadoba Maharashtra
Bandhavgarh Madhya Pradesh