Tigers face extinction in the wild while thousands languish in poorly regulated farms in Asia, raising acute welfare and conservation concerns.
Tigers in poorly regulated farms and facilities experience profound welfare deprivation through small enclosures, social isolation, and lack of environmental enrichment. Stress behaviours including repetitive pacing are common. Wild tigers face ongoing poaching, habitat fragmentation, and prey depletion. Trade in captive tiger parts may stimulate wild poaching demand, threatening both welfare and conservation outcomes.