Illegal Wildlife Trade:
- Poaching and illegal wildlife trade are major threats to tigers. Organs and body parts of tigers, such as the skin and bones, are used for traditional medicines, jewelry, and home décor, fueling a black market demand.
Habitat Loss and Fragmentation:
- Destruction and degradation of tiger habitats due to human activities such as deforestation, expansion of agriculture, mining, and infrastructure development cause habitat loss and fragmentation. This disrupts tiger's natural ranges and migration routes, isolating tiger populations.
Retaliatory Killings:
- Tigers may kill livestock, leading to conflicts with local communities. In response, tigers are sometimes retaliatory killed by farmers, herders, or hunters to protect livestock or human lives.
Human-Wildlife Conflict:
- As human activities encroach on tiger habitats, human-wildlife conflicts escalate, leading to further tiger mortalities.
Inadequate Conservation Efforts:
- Insufficient resources, funding, and conservation efforts in tiger habitats can hinder effective conservation and law enforcement, leaving tigers vulnerable to threats and making conservation challenging.
Climate Change:
- Climate change affects tiger habitats and prey availability, altering tiger behavior, ecology, and survival. Extreme weather events can also result in habitat degradation, further impacting tiger populations.