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Global Tiger Day
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Where it comes from
Global Tiger Day was agreed at the Tiger Summit in St Petersburg in November 2010, the first time national leaders had met to save a single species. The 13 countries where wild tigers still live, from India and Russia to Malaysia, Thailand and China, signed the St Petersburg Declaration.
How it's celebrated
Tiger-range governments and conservation groups such as WWF and the Global Tiger Forum use the day to report on wild tiger numbers and to call for safer forests and an end to poaching. In some countries it is called International Tiger Day.
Did you know
The Global Tiger Forum counted about 3,890 wild tigers at the time of the summit and about 5,574 by 2023, led by India and Nepal, which both doubled their numbers.
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