The Day of the Large-Hearted Gentleman

Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright/ In the Forest of the Night….William Blake’s haunting lines on the iconic Indian species has never rung more true than now. Today, on the occasion of the International Tiger Day, forest officers, wildlife lovers and bureaucrats from all over India showered praises on the majestic big cat which has kept the entire world in thrall.

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From just 1411 tigers left in the wilds of India in 2006, when their very survival seemed to have hung by a thin thread, they now number about 3,000. An impressive comeback from the jaws of annihilation, no doubt. But to say that the tiger is out of the woods might be pre-mature.

While the numbers of tigers have increased substantially, the tiger habitat in India has been shrinking alarmingly. Thus, you have more and more cases of tigers coming out of their protected forests, often entering into conflict in humans. These conflicts, which results in death of humans or poaching of the big cats, often happen on the fringes of India’s tiger reserves and sanctuaries.

But today being the day of the tiger, people have been busy showering their love and affection on this most magnificent of big cats, whom the great hunter turned environmentalist Jim Corbett had called “a large-hearted gentleman’’

Over the last century, the global tiger population has declined by 95% due to habitat loss & wildlife trafficking. Today, there are more tigers in captivity than in the wild.

On Thursday's #InternationalTigerDay, see how @UNEP works to help protect tigers https://t.co/5L0lZJoWL3 pic.twitter.com/T0Vdk8HZCn
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— United Nations (@UN) July 29, 2021

UN on International Tiger’s Day

Happy International Tigers Day Wishes.
When we conserve the Flagship species on the Top, Everything below is conserved automatically. Serve to Protect, Conserve the Biodiversity Rich Nation, India. pic.twitter.com/CFNF9hLoT7
— D.Rajasekar, IFS (@DRAJASEKARIFS) July 29, 2021

IFS D Rajasekar on Twitter

Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?#विश्व_बाघ_दिवस की हार्दिक बधाई।

#InternationalTigerDay #Tigers #tigerday #tiger pic.twitter.com/nn4dbUhTeG
— Ravindra Mani Tripathi (@RavindraIfs) July 29, 2021

IFS Ravindra Mani Tripathi on Twitter

Excellent video to watch and enjoy the sight of tigers.

Among the big cats, only tigers love to spend more time in the water. When tigers are conserved the whole landscape including the waterbodies gets conserved.

Beautiful documentation @adityadickysin https://t.co/hiRXTnY22t
— Sudha Ramen (@SudhaRamenIFS) July 29, 2021

IFS Sudha Ramen on Twitter

Where there is a Tiger, there is a forest Tiger conservation is intricately linked to survival of forests and human beings. #GlobalTigerDay #InternationalTigerDay pic.twitter.com/oFNyNZXoyN
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— Supriya Sahu IAS (@supriyasahuias) July 29, 2021

Global Tiger Day, #InternationalTigerDay2021 is celebrated to raise awareness for #tiger conservation. Aimed to promote a global system for protecting natural habitats of tigers and to raise public awareness and support for tiger #conservation pic.twitter.com/1kG24iuznl
— Dr Abdul Qayum, IFS (@drqayumiitk) July 29, 2021

https://twitter.com/pruthvirajvarm3/status/1420640712429772812

#InternationalTigerDay2021
Let's celebrate roar of the nature .@moefcc @ntca_india @ForestDeptt pic.twitter.com/jIAdQ8u5UV
— Sandeep Tripathi, IFS (@sandeepifs) July 29, 2021

Today is #GlobalTigerDay.

Wild #tiger population in #India;

2006: 1411 tigers

2010: 1706 tigers

2014: 2226 tigers

2018: 2967 tigers

Today #India is home to 70% wild tigers of the world. With 51 tiger reserves.
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) July 29, 2021

#GlobalTigerDay

My digital art. pic.twitter.com/dEfEzStult
— Ramsundar (@Ramsundar_IFS) July 29, 2021

Let’s celebrate their ROARS #InternationalTigerDay2021 @assamforest @kaziranga_ @alka_b87 pic.twitter.com/qyKiwFTHs8
— Piraisoodan B, IFS (@iam_Pirai) July 29, 2021

A fitness motivated family with a curious cub!! #InternationalTigerDay #ranthambore @my_rajasthan @surenmehra @Saket_Badola @Cheshta_IFS @dharamifs_HP @ntca_india pic.twitter.com/wkdjnFWp11
— Dhawan Kumar Rawat (@DhawanIfs) July 29, 2021

#GlobalTigerDay Greetings from Melghat. pic.twitter.com/se2uSVpwPn
— Madhu Mitha, IFS (@IfsMadhu) July 29, 2021

This #WorldTigerDay let's strive against deforestation to provide a good habitat for striped MONK
Restore Forests: Restore Tiger Habitats@ErikSolheim @BittuSahgal @RandeepHooda @CentralIfs @IFS_Officers @restoreforward @Revive_Restore @ForestsWF @vrsrini @ncfindia @ConnectingNBS pic.twitter.com/Z69smWqjwK
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— Mohan Pargaien IFS (@pargaien) July 29, 2021

Lead the way..#WorldTigerDay #AchanakmarTigerReserve pic.twitter.com/J8P8wX8Qz2
— Vijaya Ratre IFS (@VijayaRatre) July 29, 2021

"Their survival is in our hand"

Picture of cub from #Nehruzoologicalpark #Hyderabad #InternationalTigerDay #landofwhitetiger #Rewa pic.twitter.com/pwDWC8RhDq
— Rishibha singh netam IFS (@rishibha_singh) July 29, 2021