POPULATION FRAGMENTATION

Another problem created by habitat loss is Population Fragmentation.

As human populations move farther into the forest where tigers live, groups of tigers become separated from each other by villages and farms. This means that tigers in one area can no longer mate with tigers in nearby areas.

Poaching, habitat loss and population fragmentation have caused the world's population of wild tigers to grow smaller and smaller and smaller.

Today, tigers need our help to survive.

Since 1992 the Minnesota Zoo has been a leader in tiger conservation efforts.

The Sumatran Tiger Project:
Only about 400 Sumatran tigers may remain in the wild. Since 1995, the Minnesota Zoo has conducted a long-term field study of wild Sumatran tigers in southern Sumatra using camera traps and other techniques to assess the status of tigers and their prey.

The Sumatran Tiger Conservation Program has developed comprehensive plans to reverse the tigers' decline in Indonesia. (More information about this project)

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