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 | Parts of this article (those related to events after 2018) need to be updated. (July 2020) |
| International Tiger Day | |
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| Date | 29 July |
| Next time | 29 July 2021 |
| Frequency | annual |
Global Tiger Day, often called International Tiger Day, is an annual celebration to raise awareness for tiger conservation, held annually on 29 July.[1] It was created in 2010 at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit in Russia.[2] The goal of the day is to promote a global system for protecting the natural habitats of tigers and to raise public awareness and support for tiger conservation issues.[3]
By year[edit]
2017[edit]
The seventh annual Global Tiger Day was celebrated in various ways around the world. Local events have been organized in Bangladesh, Nepal, and India as well as non-tiger-range countries such as England and the United States.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Some celebrities also participated by removing their social media profile photos.[10] The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) continued its promotion of the "Double Tigers" campaign through investing in rangers.[11] Several companies partnered with WWF to help raise awareness.[12][13]
2018[edit]
More awareness in the entire world of tiger populations and the challenges for their conservationists. India counts the number of wild tigers every four years and showed a promising rise from 1411 in 2006 to 2226 in 2014.[14] The trend for rising population of tigers in India is as follows:
- In the year 2006 - 1411
- In the year 2010 - 1706
- In the year 2014 - 2226
- In the year 2019 - 2967..
India is a habitat of about 70% of total tigers on the earth.[15]
SOURCE:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Tiger_Day
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