Focused conservation efforts have begun to pay off, and in 2016 WWF announced that the population of wild tigers had increased for the first time in decades.
Tigers are classified as endangered due to poaching, conflict with humans, and habitat destruction. Focused conservation efforts have begun to pay off, and in 2016 WWF announced that the population of wild tigers had increased for the first time in decades. Today, as few as 3,890 tigers remain in the wild, up from an estimated 3,200 in 2010.