--- title: International Tiger Day: Tiger Population Down 97% description: There are many days every year meant to recognize various causes . International Tiger Day—celebrated on July 29—is one worth observing. canonical: https://time.com/4431048/tiger-conservation-endangered/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-29T18:16:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:39:55.495Z article:section: Science og:title: Today Is International Tiger Day. Here’s Why That Matters og:description: There are many days every year meant to recognize various causes . 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Strdel—AFP/Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jul 29, 2016 6:16 PM UTC There are many days every year meant to recognize various causes—from [Arbor Day](https://www.arborday.org/) to the upcoming [Earth Overshoot Day](http://time.com/3997388/earth-overshoot-day-2015/). International Tiger Day—celebrated on July 29—is one worth observing. Only a [few thousand tigers](http://time.com/4288377/tiger-population-rises-for-first-time-in-100-years/) remain a result of animal poaching and trafficking, according to a United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) [report](http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54586#.V5uUmZMrIkg). That’s a 97% decline from a century ago and some subspecies have already gone extinct. But there is a [glimmer of hope](https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/for-the-first-time-in-100-years-tiger-numbers-are-growing). Aggressive anti-poaching measures have been met with success in some parts of the world. Nepal, for instance, has launched an aggressive law enforcement effort to prosecute poachers and monitor wildlife. “At a time when poachers are waging an all-out war against wildlife, Nepal serves as a beacon of hope for the tiger,” said John Goodrich, tiger program director at the group conservation group Panthera, in a press release. Now, conservation groups are pushing other countries to do the same. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4431048/tiger-conservation-endangered/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4431048/tiger-conservation-endangered/"},"headline":"Today Is International Tiger Day. 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