Introduction – International Tiger Day is celebrated every year on July 29 to spread awareness about the importance and conservation of tigers worldwide. The main purpose of this global day is to encourage efforts to conserve or protect tigers, and share the importance of tigers in ecosystems across the world. This International Day provides an opportunity to promote conservation or protection of forests or natural habitats which helps in enhancing the number of tigers all around the world. Presently, the population of tigers is rapidly decreasing due to the rapid cutting of forests, hunting or poaching of tigers, illegal trading, and loss of habitat.

History – This International Day was founded in the year 2010 at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit in Russia to highlight the speedily declining number of tigers and the frequent need for the conservation of tigers across the world. The main aim of this international day is to spread awareness about the protection and preservation of tigers by reforesting, reducing hunting or poaching of tigers and increasing their habitat worldwide.

Significance – The tiger is an important animal in maintaining the ecosystem of our planet. But the issue is rapidly decreasing population of tigers worldwide due to poaching or hunting of tigers, cutting of trees or forests, habitat loss, illegal trading, and many more. Thus, this International Day provides an opportunity to educate people about the importance of tigers in our ecosystems. The main aim of this global day is to preserve or protect or increase the population of tigers by planting trees or reforesting, taking action against those individuals who hunt or poach tigers, enhancing habitat, and many more. Governments should also take action against those people who kill tigers for illegal trading and cutting trees worldwide.

You should also celebrate this international day by sharing the importance of tigers in our ecosystem and tips to conserve or protect tigers on several social media websites including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and many more worldwide.