Transcript White Bengal tiger

WHITE BENGAL TIGER
Kimberly Arning
FACTS
 White tigers are believe to be the second largest species of tiger in the world after
the Siberian tiger
 White tigers carry a special gene that only 1 in every 10,000 tigers have
 White tigers usually live for 10 years but in captivity their life span doubles
 There has been no recorded sightings of white tigers in the wild for the past 50
years
EXTINCT
White tigers are going extinct because
 White tigers were often captured for the wealthy, who kept them as pets
 Their fur is very valuable and they have been hunted for their fur
 With deforestation because of settlement, the white tigers have suffered from
habitat loss
HOW
Humans can protect white tigers by
 Stop cutting down trees in forests where white tigers live
 Stricter laws on poaching
 Adopt a white tiger at a zoo which has them
 Poaching fines should doubled or longer jail
terms
WHY
Humans should protect the white tigers because
 If they go extinct it may ruin the ecosystem as they keep the animal population in
check
 You want the next generation to know about these special species
 Once we lose them we lose them forever
 There are very few of them left