
bengal tiger

wildlife photography
Total population etimates 2-3,000 compared with 100,000 in the early 20th century. Habitat loss, trophy hunting and now the rapacious Chinese appetite for superstitious remedies take a heavy toll. A burgeoning human population has also seriously confined the tiger to small fragments of its historic range. The future may at best be a tiny population remnant …in spite of its being one of the most iconic of species.