International Tiger Day is observed on 29 July every year to spread awareness about dangers faced by tigers.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021
It is very important to focus on tiger conservation as it plays a very important role in protecting and maintaining a balanced ecosystem across its range.
World Tiger Day was first observed in the year 2010 at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit in Russia.
A total of thirteen tiger range countries came together and decided a global goal to double the number of wild tigers by the year 2022.
According to World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), there may have been 100,000 tigers at the beginning of the 20th century.