are white bengal tigers endangered?
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White Tigers Aren't An Endangered Species — Or A Species At All. ... All white tigers documented in the wild by scientists have been Bengal tigers. Bengal tigers are endangered, but the white ones are not a distinct species — they're just Bengal tigers of a different color.
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As recently as the 1970s, their population in the wild had dwindled to fewer than 30 individuals, making the Amur leopard is one of the world's most endangered big cats and for this reason it is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN, and CITES Appendix I for protection status.
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White tigers are created after the breeding of two Bengal tigers with a recessive gene which controls coat colour. White tigers were seen in the wild and documented in Indian literature dating back to the 15th century. ... There are no white tigers left in the wild, the last one being shot by a trophy hunter in 1958.
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Asian leopard cats are responsible for the existence of the very popular Bengal cat. Bengals are legal in most states, depending on the generation. Some subspecies of leopard cat are endangered and require permits that are difficult to obtain. These subspecies are not legal to own as pets.
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Poaching, habitat loss and fragmentation have reduced the global population of tigers from over 100,000 in the 1900′s, to less than 4,000 in the 1970′s. Today, four of the remaining subspecies of tigers are considered endangered by the IUCN, while two of the subspecies are considered “critically” endangered.
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Most animals end up on the endangered list due to poaching, deforestation, another invasive species or climate change, which can affect their migration, mating or food supply. ... The Amur leopard is nearing extinction, with only about 60 left in southeastern Russia and northern China, because of poaching for their fur.
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Across their range, tigers face unrelenting pressures from poaching, retaliatory killings, and habitat loss. They are forced to compete for space with dense and often growing human populations.
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Javan tigers are believed to have gone extinct between the 1950s and 1980s. Habitat destruction is one of the main reasons for their extinction, along with being hunted. In addition to this, their main prey base (rusa deer) was lost due to disease.
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Hunted to near-extinction for sport, Asiatic lions are an endangered species facing daily threats of poaching and territorial encroachment, as their habitat is overtaken by the human population.
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['Overview of Tigers.', 'Why Are Tigers Endangered? Habitat Loss. Climate Change. Poaching. Retaliatory Killings.', 'Endangered Tiger Species & Current Statuses. Siberian Tiger – Endangered. South China Tiger – Critically Endangered / Extinct in Wild. Indochinese Tiger – Endangered. Malayan Tiger – Critically Endangered.']
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Amur Leopard Like all species on our endangered list, humans are their biggest threat. Their beautiful coats are popular with poachers as are their bones which they sell for use in traditional Asian medicine. They are also at risk from habitat loss due primarily to natural and human-made fires.
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Of the three subspecies of Indonesian tigers, two — the Bali tiger and the Javan tiger — have been declared extinct. The Sumatran tiger still exists on Sumatra, but it is considered critically endangered, the result of hunting and rapid deforestation. “Javan tigers have been extinct for three generations,” Ms.
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The New South Wales Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 lists dugongs as "Endangered." The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES, which Australia signed and ratified) lists dugongs as "Endangered" and bans the trade of these animals worldwide.
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Today, lions joined tigers, a few species of bears, and a host of other endangered species under the protection of the Endangered Species Act. Subspecies Panthera leo leo, which has a range covering parts of India and western and central Africa, will be listed as endangered.
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At issue is a contradiction of fundamental genetic principles upon which all Species Survival Plans for endangered species in captivity are based. White tigers are an aberration artificially bred and proliferated by some zoos, private breeders and a few circuses who do so for economic rather than conservation reasons.”
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Since the gene that causes leucism is so rare, white tigers are often a result of inbreeding. The statement that white tigers are bred for conservation is invalid. There is no conservation purpose in breeding an animal who can not survive in the wild and who is not its own species.
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The giant ibis is considered to be Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The primary causes seem to be drainage of wetlands for cultivation and the epidemic clear-cutting of forest for rubber, cassava, wood pulp and teak plantations in south-east Asia. Habitats may also face ravaging due to local human warfare.