Importantly, these threats have led to
tiger populations becoming smaller and more fragmented, making them much more susceptible to sudden population declines and even extinction due to disease.
Not exact matches
«In addition to the unpredictability of a shark attack over such a large area, it is possible that fishing of
tiger sharks has reduced their
populations to levels that no longer pose a significant threat to turtles, with other factors
becoming more important such as the need to avoid boat strikes»
If anything deer might be raised to be brought to the area so that the
tiger population can
become healthier.
With hindsight, it also
became clear that protection and management of many reserves remained inadequate (the extirpation of
tigers in the Indian
tiger reserves of Sariska, reported in 2004, and Panna, reported in 2010, is illustrative) and this, coupled with an increased demand for
tiger parts [12], meant that poaching of
tigers and prey decimated
populations across Asia, both inside and outside reserves.