TIGER by GARAGELAND

Photography • Animals • posted on Apr 25, 2013

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Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, from Turkey in the west to the eastern coast of Russia. Over the past 100 years, they have lost 93% of their historic range, and have been extirpated from southwest and central Asia, from the islands of Java and Bali, and from large areas of Southeast and Eastern Asia. Today, they range from the Siberian taiga to open grasslands and tropical mangrove swamps. The remaining six tiger subspecies have been classified as endangered by IUCN. The global population in the wild is estimated to number between 3,062 and 3,948 individuals, down from around 100,000 at the start of the 20th century,[6] with most remaining populations occurring in small pockets isolated from each other. Major reasons for population decline include habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation and poaching. The extent of area occupied by tigers is estimated at less than 1,184,911 km2 (457,497 sq mi), a 41% decline from the area estimated in the mid-1990s. Have a nice day.

Comments (18)

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Mondwin

3:20AM | Thu, 25 April 2013

Absolutely marvelous capture my friend!!!!!!!!!!Bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma

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johndoop

3:21AM | Thu, 25 April 2013

Beautiful picture and a wonderful ligtning Well done!!!

alanwilliams

3:30AM | Thu, 25 April 2013

terrific definition, a lovely shot of this striking big cat

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prutzworks

3:33AM | Thu, 25 April 2013

kill that cat must I mss Sophie

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durleybeachbum

3:41AM | Thu, 25 April 2013

Excellent!

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Brycer3d

4:48AM | Thu, 25 April 2013

fantastic shot

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blinkings

5:27AM | Thu, 25 April 2013

Beautiful animal. The leaves seem to be on fire!

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ArtistKimberly

6:04AM | Thu, 25 April 2013

Outstanding shot,

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abreojos

6:28AM | Thu, 25 April 2013

Unfortunately has been the story for many species, except us, for quite some time now and will continue as long as we continue to over populate the planet!

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Hendesse

7:51AM | Thu, 25 April 2013

Super!!

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MrsRatbag

9:03AM | Thu, 25 April 2013

Beautiful shot of this cat, and the postwork is lovely!

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Juliette.Gribnau

9:17AM | Thu, 25 April 2013

superb capture !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Fidelity2

9:21AM | Thu, 25 April 2013

It is very nice. 5+!

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jayfar

3:04AM | Fri, 26 April 2013

A fantastic shot, great detail.

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blondeblurr

3:26AM | Fri, 26 April 2013

One usually sees images of them, front-on, this is such a refreshing change to view him otherwise, good choice! I love the hair and other furry bits in this light. He seems to be fascinated by something he heard or spotted ... So sad, to read all the bad news, the worst must be 'for poaching' - simply unbelievable! fine capture, pardon the pun ;) BB

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