Importance Of Protecting Tigers

First of all, why should humans protect tigers. Is this the responsibility of us to concern about the survival of them? Different perspective comes from different people, as for the negative point of view, poaching tigers could brought an ecological imbalance between herbivores and carnivores. “Web of Life”, tigers are playing the role as the apex predator of the ecosystem. Just think that if the numbers of tigers are drastically decreasing, it could lead to over abundance of herbivores. Since herbivores consume plants and trees as their food resources, in turn it will cause repercussions on tree regeneration and seed dispersal. At the same time, herbivores will die if logging of trees cannot be stopped. As a result tigers will starve due to the additional competition for food sources. What happens to the nature will affects the living of humanity too. Thence, maintaining the balance between both prey and predator are important because human themselves depend on the existence of ecosystem.

Besides, preserving tigers can also prevent climate change of the mother Earth. The growth of civilization …show more content…
Too many people believe that poaching of the tiger is acceptable because they have attacked and killed humans. In some areas they do also attack livestock such as cows, chickens, goats, and others which is a problem for humans as well. Due to their home being taken from humans, they have no choice but to find other sources of food and to come closer to humans for a place to live. In fact, illegal hunting of them for sport or to clear them out of areas continues to be a very common activity. It is no secret that tigers have killed more humans than any other type of cat out there. That doesn’t give them the status as being safe for humans to be around. It has also instilled a fear of them in many humans. That is why poaching of them seems normal for