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tecelote

(5,122 posts)
Sat Dec 21, 2019, 06:51 PM Dec 2019

There are more Tigers in Captivity in the USA than all Wild Tigers Worldwide.



One of the world's largest populations of tigers exists not in the wild—but in captivity in the United States. With an estimated 5,000 tigers, the U.S. captive tiger population exceeds the approximately 3,200 tigers in the wild.

World Wildlife Fund:
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/more-tigers-in-american-backyards-than-in-the-wild

National Geographic - Unfortunately, for subscribers only:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/11/tigers-in-the-united-states-outnumber-those-in-the-wild-feature/

It's not God that I fear. It's Mother Nature.


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