Malayan Tiger Conservational organization

The Malayan tiger is a tiger subspecies that is smaller in size and is found in Malaysia as well as some areas in Thailand. It is one of the many tiger species but it is endangered. It can be found in central and southern areas of the Malaysia peninsula as well as to the south of Thailand. Its habitat is the forests that are less dense which have higher food supply.

Because of the loss of habitat occasioned by deforestation, the existence of Malayan tiger is endangered. Recent estimates place their population at between 600-800 individuals, thereby making it one of the tiger species that have a large population (Malayan Tiger n.p).

Wild tigers in all their species are facing extinction threats. For hundreds of years they have been important in Asia's nature and culture (Global recovery program p.10). They are at the top of the food chain in the forest lands of Asia. Availability of considerable populations of wild tigers is testament to an ecosystem's integrity and sustainability.

Wild tigers are almost facing extinction. The surviving population is between 3200 and 3500. This population is scattered among thirteen Asian tiger nations (TRCs): Bhutan, China, Cambodia, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Russian Federation, Nepal, and Vietnam (Global recovery program p. 10). Wild...

However, because of the several challenges the Malayan tigers are facing, the landscapes are not filled to capacity. Less than five hundred Malayan tigers are imagined to inhabit the wild (Harris et al. p.1)
Problems Facing Tigers

Poaching and Illegal Trade

Since the beginning of man's discovery of tigers, they have continually hunted them to get their bones and pelts and also to secure them as trophies. This kind of hunting is currently outlawed and would be considered as poaching activities. Local governments as well as anti-poaching crusaders are working hard to secure tigers in their habitats but poachers are still causing a lot of trouble. Certain cultures are making use of bones of tigers to produce medicine, while others consider their skins as status symbols. People are willing to pay a lot of money for tigers that are hunted illegally (Harris et al. p.1).

Sport hunting probably contributed to the biggest drop in tiger numbers before the 1930s. Also, they were considered as pests in some places whose elimination was necessary. The early 1990s saw people realize that trade in the bones of tigers threatened their existence (Species Fact Sheet p.2). Because of increased investments in their conservation, promotion of tiger bone substitutes, and trade control, tiger bone medicine activities have been greatly curtailed. The tigers are now better protected and trading body parts of tigers is illegal. The major market -- China -- also banned the trade, a ban that saw tiger bone eliminated from pharmacopoeia in China in the year 1993. There is still demand, though. The demand is being fed by poaching.

Poaching is a big threat to various animal species in the world. A report released by TRAFFIC, a network monitoring trade in wildlife, reveals that people continue to trade in parts of tigers in China and other parts of Asia. A different report by the same organization discovered body parts being sold openly in 28 towns and cities across the Asian continent.

Habitat and Prey Loss

Less than a century ago, tigers could be found prowling forests in Malaysia, the Eastern parts of Turkey, Caspian region, China, Indochina and Eastern Russia. An expanding population of humans since the 1940s have contracted and fragmented the previous habitat for tigers. It should be noted that tigers require expansive territories for their survival and so reducing their habitat…