Tigers face extinction in the wild with fewer than 4,000 remaining across 13 countries, each facing welfare challenges.
Wild tigers face welfare threats from poaching that causes violent death and eliminates breeding animals. Habitat loss forces tigers into contact with humans increasing conflict and retaliatory killing. Tigers with injuries from snares or human conflict may not be able to hunt effectively and face starvation. Territorial disputes are intensified when populations are compressed into small habitat patches. Captive tigers in commercial breeding facilities in Asia experience severe welfare abuse.