PROJECT TIGER ppt.

PRESENTATION BY- SUJOY TONTUBAY
CLG- SURENDRANATH COLLEGE,ZOOLOGY 3RD YR
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1. PROJECT TIGER

2. EVOLUTION OF TIGER:- The complete skull of Panthera zdanskyi, known colloquially as the Longdan tiger, is the oldest fossil that has been found and is quite similar to the head of the present Tigers. This discovery and the morphometric and cladistic analyses confirm that is the most primitive tiger species. Panthera zdanskyi   is known from the  holotype   BIOPSI  00177, originally referred to  Panthera palaeosinensis . It was collected in 2004 in the east slope of  Longdan , south of Dongxiang Autonomous County  from the Lower Pleistocene  Equus  fauna, dating to the  Gelasian  stage of the earliest  Pleistocene , about 2.55–2.16  million years ago . It is the oldest known pantherine skull ever found. Panthera zdanskyi  

3. ABOUT TIGER :- Tiger (Panthera tigris ) is the largest cat species. Tiger has been the integral part to the life and legend of mankind. The tiger has been feared and revered, hunted and worshiped, it has found its way into folklore and lullabies, book of worship, popular fiction and innumerable stories of heroism,brevery,adverture. At present the tiger is an endangered species and has found its way in the Red data Book. mainly due to hunting, habitat loss due to deforestation and taming the rivers for human needs.

4. SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION:- Kindom - Animalia Phylum - Chordata Class - Mammalia Subclass - Theria Infraclass – Eutheria Order - Carnivora Suborder - Feliformia Family - Felidae Genus - Panthera Species - P.tigris

5. DESCRIPTION:- Length - 4.6 – 12.2Ft. Weight - 220-675 Pounds Colour and Marking - Orange with white belly and distinctive vertical black stripes. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:- Life Span - 18- 25 Years Lifestyle - Solitary Top Speed - 96 Km/h (60mph) Habitat -Dense tropical forest Main Prey - Deer,Cattle,Wild Boar Predators - Human Breeding Season - Between November to April.

6. SUBSPECIES OF TIGER: Surviving: 1.Bengal Tiger(Indian tiger) 2.Indochinese Tiger (Corbett Tiger) 3.Malayan Tiger 4.Siberian Tiger 5.South China Tiger 6.Sumatran Tiger. Extinct: 1.Bali Tiger 2.Caspian Tiger( Turan ) 3.Javan Tiger

7. TIGERS ARE KEY STONE SPECIES: In architecture, the keystone at the top of an arch holds the arch together. without the keystone, the whole arch and building surrounding it will collapse. Similarly, "Tiger Species” are animals that have a disproportionately large effect on the ecosystem they live in. To take a keystone species area is to seriously threaten that environment.

8. WHY SHOULD WE SAVE TIGER? Tiger play pivotal role in the health of the ecosystem. Tigers constitute the top carnivores in the ecosystem and is at the apex of the food chain. The removal of a top carnivore from an ecosystem can have an impact on the relative abundance of herbivore species within a guild.

9. INTRODUCTION 1. Project Tiger is a wildlife conservation project initiated in I ndia in 1972 to protect the Bengal Tiger. 2.It was launched on 1 st April,1973 and has become one of the most successful wildlife conservation ventures. 3.Corbett National Park was the first national park in India to be covered under Project Tiger.

10. ORGANIZATION: Project Tiger is administered by the NATIONAL TIGER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY Statutory body under MoEF,constituted under the enabling provision WPA(wildlife Project Act),1972 for strengthening Tiger conservation. Established in December 2005 following recommendation of the Tiger Task Force.

11. OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT TIGER : 1.To ensure maintenance of a viable population of the tiger in India for scientific,economic,aethetic,cultural and ecological values. 2.To preserve, for all times, areas of Biological importance as a national heritage for the benifit,education and enjoyment of the people.

12. HOW TO SAVE TIGERS IN INDIA: More tiger reserves in India would keep humans away from fledging tiger population. Tiger poachers usually target this animal for its body parts band skin which are then sold in grey markets at huge premium costs. so, complete ban an poaching is required. Inbreeding is another major challenge that policy markers need to consider while setting more tiger reserves in India.

13. INITIATIVE TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IN TIGER CONSERVATION: Amendment of the WPA,1972 in 2006 to provide enabling provisions for constituting NTCA and the tiger and other endangered species crime Bureau. Constitution of a multidisciplinary tiger and other endangered species control Bureau(Wildlife Crime Control Bureau)with effect from the 6 june,2007 to effectively control illegal trade in wildlife. A protocol has been signed in september,2011 with Bangladesh for conservation of the Royal Bengal Tiger of the Sunderban. In collaboration with TRAFFIC- INDIA, an online tiger crime data has been launched and generic guidelines for preparation of resume specific security plan has been evolved.

14. SUCCESS RATE OF PROJECT TIGER: In 2008 there were more than 40 PROJECT TIGER RESERVES covering an area of 37,761Sq.Kms. PROJECT TIGER helped to increase the population of these tigers from 1,800 in 1970s to 3500 in 1990s. The Tiger conservation Project has hit the greatest tragedy when the Namdapha tiger reserve in Arunachal Pradesh and Sariska in Rajasthan have been swept clean of the majestic beast

15. Major Tiger Reserves sites in India :- 1.Corbett(Uttarakhand) 2.Ranthambore(Rajasthan) 3.Kaziranga(Assam) 4.Panna(M.P) 5.Bandhavgarh(M.P) 6.Kanha(M.P) 7.Meighat(Maharashtra) 8.Nagarajunasagar(Andhra Pradesh) 9. Bandipur(Kamataka) 10.Periyar(Kerala ) 11.Buxa(W.B) 12.Sundarban(W.B ) 11 12

16. SS JULY 29, INTERNATIONAL TIGER DAY.

17. CONCLUSION- By conserving and saving tigers the entire wilderness ecosystem is conservered.In nature, barring human beings and their domestivates,rest of the ecosystem is wild. Hence conserving Wilderness is important and crucial to maintain the life support system. so saving tiger amounts to saving the ecosystem which is crucial for man’s own survival.