Of all the plush toys to choose from, none are quite as lovely as a stuffed toy tiger. With variations in size and body type: some are floppy, some are not, some sit and some stand, and others can do both. Plus their variations in color, such as the standard black and orange or the rare black and white tiger. There is a stuffed tiger toy for everyone.
Did you know that today, in Asia, there are only about 4,000 wild tigers left? They live in different habitats and climates which include the hot and steamy lowland forests of Sumatra; the foothills of the Himalayas in which tall, grassy jungles are found; and wooded forests filled with scrub-oak and birch trees in Russia Far East, where it can get as cold as minus 22 Fahrenheit. Tigers typically live in places in which they have access to lots of prey such as deer. There are park areas in both Nepal and India in which many deer live due to the mixture of grasslands and woods. As a result, tigers do not have to travel very far for a meal. In areas such as forests in Russia Far East and the rainforests of Malaysia, there are fewer grassy patches of land resulting in far less prey; in order to find food, tigers have no choice but to travel long distances to search for it.
There is the potential for tiger habitats which could extend over some very large areas of Asia. However, there simply is not enough money to save every tiger in every habitat in which they live. The Save the Tiger Fund of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, are in the 'business' of preserving tiger species, but they have been forced to make a choice of where the best places to invest their funds are located. And, part of that choice includes investing in areas where they think tigers have the best chances to survive. After a comprehensive report was commissioned by the foundation to assess land coverage, human interference, and tiger distribution (based on ground sightings of tigers and signs that were gathered by experts in the field), the following bad news was uncovered. Since 1997, tigers are using 40% less of the areas in which they once lived and, only 7% of tigers are living in what was once their historic range. There is good news, however: there is still 683,508.311 miles (twice the size of Texas) of which 23% is already protected and four very strong areas could be capable of supporting more than 500 tigers Russian Far East to Northeast China, Terai Arc Landscape from India to Nepal, Northern Forest Complex from Myanmar to India, and mountainous areas found from Thailand to Myanmar. The Save the Tiger Funds goal for the next ten years includes trying to save tiger populations in the various areas mentioned here, among other types of tiger conservation.
Given the grave danger tiger populations face in the wild, having a stuffed tiger toy is a real privilege, if for nothing more than to pay tribute to these amazing cats. While you may think a stuffed tiger toy will do nothing to save the species, you would be wrong proceeds from the sale (on conservation web sites) of many stuffed tiger toys go to doing just that.
Did you know that today, in Asia, there are only about 4,000 wild tigers left? They live in different habitats and climates which include the hot and steamy lowland forests of Sumatra; the foothills of the Himalayas in which tall, grassy jungles are found; and wooded forests filled with scrub-oak and birch trees in Russia Far East, where it can get as cold as minus 22 Fahrenheit. Tigers typically live in places in which they have access to lots of prey such as deer. There are park areas in both Nepal and India in which many deer live due to the mixture of grasslands and woods. As a result, tigers do not have to travel very far for a meal. In areas such as forests in Russia Far East and the rainforests of Malaysia, there are fewer grassy patches of land resulting in far less prey; in order to find food, tigers have no choice but to travel long distances to search for it.
There is the potential for tiger habitats which could extend over some very large areas of Asia. However, there simply is not enough money to save every tiger in every habitat in which they live. The Save the Tiger Fund of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, are in the 'business' of preserving tiger species, but they have been forced to make a choice of where the best places to invest their funds are located. And, part of that choice includes investing in areas where they think tigers have the best chances to survive. After a comprehensive report was commissioned by the foundation to assess land coverage, human interference, and tiger distribution (based on ground sightings of tigers and signs that were gathered by experts in the field), the following bad news was uncovered. Since 1997, tigers are using 40% less of the areas in which they once lived and, only 7% of tigers are living in what was once their historic range. There is good news, however: there is still 683,508.311 miles (twice the size of Texas) of which 23% is already protected and four very strong areas could be capable of supporting more than 500 tigers Russian Far East to Northeast China, Terai Arc Landscape from India to Nepal, Northern Forest Complex from Myanmar to India, and mountainous areas found from Thailand to Myanmar. The Save the Tiger Funds goal for the next ten years includes trying to save tiger populations in the various areas mentioned here, among other types of tiger conservation.
Given the grave danger tiger populations face in the wild, having a stuffed tiger toy is a real privilege, if for nothing more than to pay tribute to these amazing cats. While you may think a stuffed tiger toy will do nothing to save the species, you would be wrong proceeds from the sale (on conservation web sites) of many stuffed tiger toys go to doing just that.
Stuffed Toy Tiger & Facts