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This is the Amur Tiger card for the Endangered Ark card deck project.
Siberian (aka Amur/Manchurian/Ussuri) tigers are a rare, critically endangered subspecies of tigers, found only in the Amur region of the far east. Due to illegal deforestation and poaching, the Siberian tiger was at extreme risk of elimination by the 1980s, with fewer than 250 tigers remaining in the wild. Luckily though, due to the effort of the Siberian Tiger Project, founded in 1992, the big cats have seen a steady recovery. The project focused on conservation, working with local governments to set up anti-poaching patrols, reducing clearcut logging and slowing the depletion of the tiger's habitat.
Today, there are an estimated 400 to 500 Siberian tigers in the wild, and their population seems stable. While there is a very successful captive breeding program, there is little to zero chance of reintroducing captive bred tigers back into the wild. This makes it imperative to protect their natural habitat if Siberian tigers are to continue to exist outside of zoos and private collections.
Siberian (aka Amur/Manchurian/Ussuri) tigers are a rare, critically endangered subspecies of tigers, found only in the Amur region of the far east. Due to illegal deforestation and poaching, the Siberian tiger was at extreme risk of elimination by the 1980s, with fewer than 250 tigers remaining in the wild. Luckily though, due to the effort of the Siberian Tiger Project, founded in 1992, the big cats have seen a steady recovery. The project focused on conservation, working with local governments to set up anti-poaching patrols, reducing clearcut logging and slowing the depletion of the tiger's habitat.
Today, there are an estimated 400 to 500 Siberian tigers in the wild, and their population seems stable. While there is a very successful captive breeding program, there is little to zero chance of reintroducing captive bred tigers back into the wild. This makes it imperative to protect their natural habitat if Siberian tigers are to continue to exist outside of zoos and private collections.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / All
Species Tiger
Size 405 x 620px
File Size 123.3 kB
Yeah, you're right--the South Chinese tiger is the most critically endangered tiger subspecies, with only 50 some animals alive today, all in captivity.
Here's a link to the other subspecies of tigers and their estimated populations.
Here's a link to the other subspecies of tigers and their estimated populations.
A great wonderful rendering of a wonderful beast. Sadly, although the Siberian Tiger Project has made some notable successes, accurate estimates as to the numbers of the Amur tiger remain elusive, and poaching remains a problem. More of an issue, as you point out, is the protection of their habitat which, despite being in the snowy wilds still is under pressure from human populations.
Hopefully, as people see the beauty and majesty of these animals through your artwork and others in the Endangered Ark, they'll take action to protect these things they love. And in so doing, they'll also protect the hundreds of other, less charismatic species that share the same habitat and ecosystem.
Beautiful work, Blotch, as always!
Hopefully, as people see the beauty and majesty of these animals through your artwork and others in the Endangered Ark, they'll take action to protect these things they love. And in so doing, they'll also protect the hundreds of other, less charismatic species that share the same habitat and ecosystem.
Beautiful work, Blotch, as always!
Thanks for this, lovely to see both the picture and comments about tigris altaica my favorite of course, it's nice to see folks talking about the RL plight of the animals I hold so dear. There's a good bit of hope for these tigers, which while few in number are the only major to be stable and are the best studied as well thanks to decades of work by the Siberian Tiger Project with continued support from individuals and governments they may well live to see the next century.
Gorgeous pic as usual; thanks for sharing and a good project with that card deck. :)
> Luckily though, due to the effort of the Siberian Tiger Project, founded in 1992, the big cats have seen a steady recovery.
'ware, however, the usual (well-meaning) propaganda intending to hook in Westerners to believe that /they/ have personally made /the/ difference. In reality, most of the hard work had already been done by the Soviet authorities and most of the illegal deforestation and poaching noted came /after/ the fall of the Soviet Union - none of which reduced the tiger population to anything like as low as they had been before the protected areas were first implemented.
Still good work by Dale & co. at the WCS despite the intentionally vague underlying story leading to inevitable revisionism, however, but par for the course (compare with snowies where the "first pic taken in the wild" was meant to have been in the 1970s - Schaller, National Geographic, etc. Strange that they'd failed to notice the pics in Russian text books from 30-40 years before sitting in their own national libraries :)
Anyhow; best wishes & keep up the good work as ever. ^^
d./uncia
> Luckily though, due to the effort of the Siberian Tiger Project, founded in 1992, the big cats have seen a steady recovery.
'ware, however, the usual (well-meaning) propaganda intending to hook in Westerners to believe that /they/ have personally made /the/ difference. In reality, most of the hard work had already been done by the Soviet authorities and most of the illegal deforestation and poaching noted came /after/ the fall of the Soviet Union - none of which reduced the tiger population to anything like as low as they had been before the protected areas were first implemented.
Still good work by Dale & co. at the WCS despite the intentionally vague underlying story leading to inevitable revisionism, however, but par for the course (compare with snowies where the "first pic taken in the wild" was meant to have been in the 1970s - Schaller, National Geographic, etc. Strange that they'd failed to notice the pics in Russian text books from 30-40 years before sitting in their own national libraries :)
Anyhow; best wishes & keep up the good work as ever. ^^
d./uncia
>thanks to decades of work by the Siberian Tiger Project with continued support from individuals and governments they may well live to see the next century
There were only several tens tigers in 1947 year when Soviet govenment had forbidden the huntimg for them. As it was already mentioned Tiger population was growing until USSR collapsed and with the country collapsed control for forestry and poachers.
All these projects in reallity can only pay compencations for cows been eaten by tigers. After disafforestation Tigers lose their hunting territories and meet with men with their dogs and cattle. Not so hard to predict result of such contacts. I want to know what some international organiasation can do with Russian or Chenese businessman or correctly poacher who would cut down the whole Taiga and sell all tigers to China for "medicine" if he could when local authorities can not or don't want to do anything about.
There were only several tens tigers in 1947 year when Soviet govenment had forbidden the huntimg for them. As it was already mentioned Tiger population was growing until USSR collapsed and with the country collapsed control for forestry and poachers.
All these projects in reallity can only pay compencations for cows been eaten by tigers. After disafforestation Tigers lose their hunting territories and meet with men with their dogs and cattle. Not so hard to predict result of such contacts. I want to know what some international organiasation can do with Russian or Chenese businessman or correctly poacher who would cut down the whole Taiga and sell all tigers to China for "medicine" if he could when local authorities can not or don't want to do anything about.
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