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Why Save Tigers?
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INTRODUCTION
Along with the Amur, Sumatran, Indochinese, South Chinese and Bengal subspecies of tigers, there also existed their now extinct cousins the Javan, Caspian and Bali Tigers. The tiger roamed the earth freely throughout Asia in the 1900s from the grasslands of Central India and the taiga of Siberia, to the bamboo forests of China. Fearless, they reigned supreme.
Today, from a staggering 100,000 in 1900s, there are only an estimated 1411 tigers left in the wild in India. The only traces of the Caspian tiger are a couple of tiger bones, corroded by the salty air and water. The unforgiving rainforest has removed every trace of tigers in Bali and Java. A small number of their Sumatran cousins remain alive. Approximately 1411 Bengal Tigers and a paltry number of Amur, Indochinese, South Chinese and Sumatran subspecies exist, constantly living in danger, on the brink of extinction.You might want to ask: So what if the tiger is dying out? Why should we be worried? How does their extinction have any connection to our existence? Well, the answer is simple.
The tiger is at the top of the food chain. Therefore, the healthy presence of tigers indicates healthy forests. The presence of tigers in a forest has dual benefits, firstly, it keeps the ungulate (hoofed animals like deer (cows are not found in the wild) and wild boar) population in check and also keeps humans at bay as most people are scared of venturing into a tiger or lion forest. This mostly applies to poor villagers and not poachers and hunting tribes. If there is no apex predator, herbivores wreak havoc and humans enter the forest for farming, logging, and poaching of smaller animals with less fear. The existence of tigers is vital for the survival of forests. But why do we need forests? Think of the forest as a gigantic sponge. A sponge absorbs water and stores it until and unless you squeeze it out.
During the few months of monsoon, the forests absorb billions of gallons of rainwater. During the dry months, two things happen to this water; it is taken up by the trees via their roots and then transpired into the atmosphere. This transpired water, in the form of water vapour, forms clouds and in a few months’ time, precipitates to form rain. The second thing that happens to the rainwater is that it forms underground rivers and streams. These streams then later rise to the surface to form rivers. These rivers flow to areas even where there has been no rain for many months. So forests provide us with our drinking water.
2nd on save our tigers…….
India is a Land of animals and Tiger is our National Animal.India is currently projecting itself to the world for the progress and revenue generation.But we as an human being were not even bothered about what is needed for wild life and conservation of wild animals.Current status of Tigers left is around 1400 and we are the one who is responsible.Decresaing numbers in tigers population has made a serious challenge for their survival.Conservation is needed for tigers so that national reserves will come forwards and safegaurd their natural habitat. The article is dedicated for the survival of Tigers, the process to help and save our tigers which have only reserve left for their survival.India is a land where most of animal use to live in jungle and do to increase in population there is no forest left for animals to stay.Land is turned into industries for globalization and inturn land cannot be used for other purpose.As major part of Land is occupied for construction and agriculture, then half is covered form sea only left some of the Land is for animals.we have crossed our boundaries and cut down major forest areas and we want our lives to be settled in big buildings and apartments.Tigers are our national animals then why we were not thinking about them before as we have reached to end of a road and want to save them.
Saving tigers is equivalent to conserving the Ecosystem
Tiger is symbol of wilderness and well-being of the ecosystem. By conserving and saving tigers the entire wilderness ecosystem is conserved. In nature, barring human beings and their domesticates, rest of the ecosystem is wild. Hence conserving wilderness is important and crucial to maintain the life support system. So saving tiger amounts to saving the ecosystem which is crucial for man's own survival.
Tigers play a pivotal role in the health of the ecosystem. Tigers constitute the top carnivores in the ecosystem and is at the apex of the food chain. The removal of a top carnivore from an ecosystem can have an impact on the relative abundance of herbivore species within a guild. Along with other major carnivores as leopard it acts as a control mechanism for herbivores or consumers.
The interdependency of living forms in a food chain is obvious as the wild tiger is dependant upon herbivores for its survival where he maintains there population which in turn prevents the grasslands from being overgrazed. The herbivores depend upon the producers as grasses, herbs, shrubs, algae, fungi and large trees for survival and they in turn maintian a balance in vegetation by controling the extent of vegetation or flora. Birds survive on herbs, shrubs and trees on fruits and nector and in turn act as seed dispersal agent for them to spread the population of the floral elements in an ecosystem. Thus all life forms including tiger are interlinked with each other in an ecosystem and their survival depends upon how intact the ecosystem is.
Top carnivores, tigers, have an important role to play in the structuring of communities and ultimately of ecosystems. Thus, the preservation of tigers becomes an important consideration.
SAVE TIGERS FOR ECOSYSTEM
ALLVOICES - Not only is tiger a beautiful animal but it is also the indicator of the forest's health. Saving the tiger means we save the forest since tiger cannot live in places where trees have vanished and in turn secure food and water for all.
If we make sure tigers live, we have to make sure that deer, antelope and all other animals that the tiger eats (its prey base) live. To make sure that these herbivores live, we must make sure that all the trees, grass and other plants that these prey animals need for food are protected. In this way, the whole forest gets saved! Saving the tiger means saving its entire forest kingdom with all the other animals in it.
Also forests catch and help store rainwater and protect soils. In this way we protect our rivers and recharge groundwater sources. Areas with less trees lead to floods, killing people and destroying homes. It takes away the precious soil, leaving behind a wasteland. The soil jams up our lakes and dams, reducing their ability to store water. By destroying the tiger's home, we not only harm tigers, but also ourselves.
The tiger thus becomes the symbol for the protection of all species on our earth since it is at the top of the foodchain. This is why we sometimes call the tiger, an apex predator, an indicator of our ecosystem's health.