International Tiger Day
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International Tiger Day | |
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Date | 29 July |
Next time | 29 July 2022 |
Frequency | annual |
Global Tiger Day, often called International Tiger Day, is an annual celebration to raise awareness for tiger conservation, held annually on 29 July.[1] It was created in 2010 at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit in Russia.[2] The goal of the day is to promote a global system for protecting the natural habitats of tigers and to raise public awareness and support for tiger conservation issues.[3] International Tiger Day has been shown to be effective in increasing online awareness on tigers through information search.[4]
By year[]
2017[]
The seventh annual Global Tiger Day was celebrated in various ways around the world. Local events have been organized in Bangladesh, Nepal, and India as well as non-tiger-range countries such as England and the United States.[5][6][7][8][9][10] Some celebrities also participated by removing their social media profile photos.[11] The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) continued its promotion of the "Double Tigers" campaign through investing in rangers.[12] Several companies partnered with WWF to help raise awareness.[13][14]
2018[]
More awareness in the entire world of tiger populations and the challenges for their conservationists. India counts the number of wild tigers every four years and showed a promising rise from 1411 in 2006 to 2226 in 2014.[15] The trend for rising population of tigers in India is as follows:
- In the year 2006 - 1411
- In the year 2010 - 1706
- In the year 2014 - 2226
- In the year 2019 - 2967..
India is a habitat of about 70% of total tigers on the earth.[16]
See also[]
- Tiger conservation
- Tiger § Conservation efforts
- Tiger hunting
References[]
- ^ Watts, Jonathan (24 November 2010). "World's first tiger summit ends with £330m pledged amid lingering doubts". The ..Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ "Vietnam observes International Tiger Day". Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ "International Tiger Conservation Forum". Tiger Conservation Forum. Retrieved 1 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Chua, Marcus A.H.; Tan, Audrey; Carrasco, Luis Roman (2021). "Species awareness days: Do people care or are we preaching to the choir?". Biological Conservation. 255: 109002. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109002. S2CID 233836573.
- ^ Independent, The. "Saving Our Tigers". Saving Our Tigers | theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- ^ International Tiger Day
- ^ "7th World Tiger Day to be marked on Saturday". The Himalayan Times. 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- ^ "Tiger Day to be held at Indira Gandhi Zoological Park today". The Hans India. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- ^ "Yorkshire Wildlife Park prepares for Tiger Day". ITV News. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- ^ "International Tiger Day". Oregon Zoo. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- ^ "'Star Trek' Actor Says Earth's 4,000 Tigers Are Worth Saving". GOOD Magazine. 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- ^ "WWF - Tiger Day". tigerday.panda.org. Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- ^ "The world needs more tigers – News | .eco". News | .eco. 2017-07-28. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- ^ "Age gate". 3890.tigerbeer.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- ^ On International Tiger Day, Hopes Pinned For Tiger Population To Increase Anuj Pant on NDTV, 29 July 2018
- ^ "India tiger census shows rapid population growth". BBC News. 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
External links[]
- Tigers in popular culture
- July observances
- Environmental awareness days