How many tigers were killed between 1875-1925?

The black market trade in big cat parts leaves 100 critically endangered tigers dead every year. Over the last ten years, an estimated 1,000 wild tigers have been killed by poachers, a new report from the wildlife monitoring group Traffic International reveals. read more

Some countries considered tigers to be nuisances and at least 57,000 tigers were killed for bounties in India between 1875 and 1925. From the 1940’s to the 1980’s the greatest threat to tigers was habitat loss due to human expansion and forest razing for agriculture, timber trade and development activities such as the building of infrastructure. read more

Two tigers were found to be killed in poaching between January and March 17 this year, the reply said. Whereas 20 wild cats were killed in 2003, 17 in 2009, 10 in 2007, nine each in 2000 and 2008, and five fell prey to hunters in 2006, it said. read more