[Animals] «La recuperación es posible»: la población de tigres en el mundo empieza a ser estable, asegura UICN

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After decades of bordering on extinction, a new IUCN count says tiger po[CENSORED]tions are gaining stability and could recover.
Until the 21st century, the world's tiger po[CENSORED]tion had fallen by as much as a dramatic 93%. Reports from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) held out little hope for these big cats, which had been illegally hunted almost to extinction for their fur and organs.

THE COUNTRIES OF MOST CONCERN WERE INDIA, NEPAL, BHUTAN, RUSSIA AND CHINA. HOWEVER, THE COUNT REVEALED THAT THERE ARE 40% MORE SPECIES IN THESE TERRITORIES THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.

In 2015, the organization conducted the last census of tigers in the world. At that time, it was estimated that just over 3,700 individuals were left alive in the wild. More than five years after the IUCN calculated this figure, a new count ensures that there are around 5,578 wild tigers.

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As one of the largest cats on the planet, tigers "are found in incredibly diverse habitats: rainforests, grasslands, savannas, and even mangroves," according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Yet despite this versatility of ecosystems, po[CENSORED]tions have fallen to dangerous limits due to human activity.

Whether due to the invasion of their natural environment, or due to the excessive hunting of the species, the po[CENSORED]tion of tigers in the world has declined by up to 93%, according to IUCN figures. This year, however, the picture looks much more favourable. The organization's most recent new measurements suggest there are about 2,000 more specimens than originally thought.

ALTHOUGH THE SPECIES IS STILL LISTED AS ENDANGERED, THE IUCN PO[CENSORED]TION TREND INDICATED THAT TIGERS "ARE SUCCESSFUL AND RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE AS CONSERVATION EFFORTS CONTINUE," THE ORGANIZATION SAID.

This is not only good news for tigers, but for their entire natural environment. As the main predators of their ecosystems, they are a key species for the health of the environment in which they live, details the IUCN. Indirectly, the conservation of tigers contributes to the stability of other species of herbivores, carnivores, and the persistence of the entire ecosystem in a functional way.

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