In just a hundred years, tiger numbers have dwindled from 40,000 to less than 1400 and in the next five years we can either save or lose our tigers altogether.
NDTV supported by Sanctuary Asia and Kids for Tigers has been proud to carry out a national campaign to save the world's largest feline predator, now on the brink of extinction.
It's your chance to be part of this movement now. Look for the NDTV signature centres in your city- and sign the petition to save the tiger.
We kicked off this signature campaign by putting up banners and notebooks at various schools across the nation. The signature count has been overwhelming and is increasing every minute. It's now at 4,13,000 and we need you to go out and add your signature to our petition.
You can pledge to make a differance to the lives of these elegant predators who are in the top five of all poached animals in the world.
The latest census revealed that there were just 1400 tigers left in India. Here's what the government has done.
- A sum of Rs 1600 crore has been sanctioned for conservation in the next five years. Of this, Rs 50 crore will be spent specifically on tigers.
- Soon after the census came out, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held an emergency meeting of government officials where it decided that henceforth the conservation of tigers in a state was the responsibility of the chief minister.
- An elite, well-trained protection force and an intelligence network to check poaching.
- Centre to take over and deal with all sanctuaries and parks under Naxal control.
- No permission for big projects like mining and industries in tiger habitats.
- Push for more convictions in poaching cases and a chief for the Wildlife Crime Bureau, currently without a head.
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