International Tiger Day was started on July 29, 2010 to raise awareness for these endangered species. It was founded when 13 tiger range countries came together to create a goal of doubling the number of wild tiger populations worldwide (WWF Tiger Day, 2020). The goal is to double the tigers numbers in the wild to over 6,000 by 2022, because “doubling tigers is about tigers, about the whole of nature-and it’s also about us”- Marco Lambertini, Director General WWF (WWF Tiger Day, 2020). Add International Tiger Day to your calendar and make sure you raise awareness for these beautiful animals every July 29th.
Cause an UpRoar: Ways you can Help the Tiger
The Save The Vanishing Species stamp went on sale on September 20,2011 through the U.S. Postal Service (USPS, 2020). Since then the stamp has raised over $5,740,478 million for conservation projects (USPS, 2020). The stamps help rhinos, elephants, orangutans, sea turtles and of course tigers. Now the stamp is called Save Vanishing Species, but you can still purchase them and make an impact on conservation efforts. You can buy your own sheet of the Save Vanishing Species stamps.
Say no to owning a tiger as a pet and instead symbolically adopt a tiger, where you receive a stuffed animal tiger instead of a real tiger. The World Wildlife Fund has multiple adoption levels available so you can adopt your very own tiger while also supporting tigers in the wild.
Visit Discovery’s Project Cat to learn more about how Discovery channel partnered up with the World Wildlife Fund to ensure a healthy tiger habitat for tigers and to double their population by 2022 (Discovery, 2020).They are collaborating to ensure a healthy habitat and maintaining corridors to improve connectivity for future generations of tigers (Discovery, 2020).
*Tiger in the main photo was taken by Mike Wilson and shared by the San Diego Zoo, of Connor a Malayan tiger.
Literature Cited
Discovery. (2020). Discovery: Project cat. https://projectcat.discovery.com/
United States Postal Service. (2020). Postal store: Save vanishing species.
Wilson, M. (2020). Happy 9th purr-thday to Connor the Malayan tiger [Photograph]. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-gNmHuAJ7O/
World Wildlife Fund. (2020). The world celebrates world tiger day.
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