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Since the start of the last century 1900, Earth’s tiger population has decreased ninety percent. I am writing this post thinking of how it is the traditional year of the tiger in the Chinese New Year calander. Sadly, the South China tiger<\/a> is extinct. While hunting was banned in 1979, that was at a time when less than a hundred South China tigers<\/a> remained in the wild. World Wildlife Fund<\/a> correspondents emailed today stating that “Today’s generations will never know the magnificence of these big cats<\/em>” <\/strong><\/p>\n World Wildlife Fund<\/a> is leading the action efforts globally to preserve tigers world wide. With as few as 3,200 tigers remain in the wild, the Amur or Siberian Tiger.<\/a><\/p>\n “For more than a million years, this “King of the Jungle” reigned over a vast territory stretching from Turkey to Russia. Today, sadly, their habitat is disappearing–tigers occupy just seven percent of their historic range. Moreover, three sub-species of tigers–Bali, Javan and Caspian–have gone extinct in the past 70 years; a fourth one, the South China tiger.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n With less than four thousand of these magnificent creatures left in the wild world wide, we all have a chance to preserve one of the most amazing species on earth! World Wildlife Fund is offering gifts for your participation, donations, and new awareness on these wild animal issues.<\/p>\n\n