The Bengal Tiger used to be abundant across the earth. It was a beautiful creature that you could find all over India and Asia. And now you can only find them in a few small spots in India and a little bit of Asia. Now the population has sunk down to 2,500 in the wild and 7-9,000 in captivity. The change in population has been drastic for the Bengal tiger. In the 1900's there was an estimated 100,000 Tigers and 8 subspecies of tigers. And now there are 5 specie of tigers and 2,500 wild tigers left. The change was caused by the increase in poachers. In the 1920's poaching slowly began to increase and the Tiger population slowly began to decrease. And in 1960, the Tigers went from 20,000 to 2,000 by the 1970's (as shown on the graph). Predictions for the FutureFor the Bengal Tiger's future, it's still not look so good. It used to be that the Tigers would go extinct by 2020. That's three years from now! You ever thought you were going to take your future kids to the zoo's to see Tigers and other animals? Well, at this rate Tigers probably won't be there! There are precautions being taken to change that year but it hasn't put a dent in poaching quite yet. There are still many many poachers roaming India killing Tiger's illegally. Now, poaching will probably never stop, but there are actions being taken to slow it down. There are patrols and other things but the predicted year of extinction has not increased by much. Effects on The EcosytemsIf the Bengal Tiger's go completely extinct then the rest of the food chain would pay for it. There would be an overpopulation in the animals that tigers are supposed to eat. And the plants that those animals eat would start decreasing in reproduction because they would be eaten more. So, overall, we do not want Bengal Tiger's or any type of Tiger to go extinct.
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