Wildlife experts have estimated that wild tigers will be extinct by 2022. On Sunday November 21, 2010 a "Tiger Summit" meeting was held to discuss new ways and develop a plan to stop the tiger from becoming extinct in 12 years. Thirteen countries got together at this meeting, all which still have some tiger population. The thirteen countries are Bangladesh, Russia, Thailand, Bhutan, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, and Malaysia.
100 years ago there was roughly 100,000 tigers in the world. Now the population stands at about 3,200 tigers due to construction, poaching, and forest cutting. The officials of the 13 countries came up with the Global Tiger Recovery Program in an effort to try and double tiger populations by 2022. This plan will protect tiger habitats, create a plan that will make locals want to help tigers, and stop the black market which is the incentive for poaching.
