In the early twentieth century, the Russian government decided to reclaim land for development, and instructed the Russian army to find and kill all tigers found near the Caspian Sea.
These tigers are known as Caspian tigers, or Hyrcanian/Turan tiger by the locals. Their scientific name is Panthera tigris virgata.
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| The Caspian Tiger |
Farmers then followed and cleared the Caspian tigers' natural habitat in order to plant crops. The surviving tigers retreated from the land clearing into the hill and mountain forests, but they did not adapt well to their new habitat; their main source of food, the boar, were also hunted out. They gradually died out.
It is generally accepted that the Caspian tiger became extinct in the 1950s.
Reference: http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/caspian.html
"Caspian Tiger" by Vandome, McBrewster and Miller.
its a shame animals/planbts go extinct everyday.
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that is sooooo sad!! :(
ReplyDeleteHumans are so stupid. Every species of animal deserves to live. How beautiful they were and are. Sad that we hunt them to extinction.
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