How Did Global Tiger Population Increase For First Time In A Century?

"After a century of decline, the world's total number of tigers has begun to rise, although conservation efforts for the endangered species still have a long way to go."

"Following decades of marked decline, the global tiger population is finally beginning to show signs of growth.

Conservationists say that since 2010 the population for the world's biggest cats has slightly risen, the first such increase they have had in about 100 years, a period during which tigers lost more than 90 percent of their global range.

The World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) and the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) announced that after a 2010 estimate placed the global tiger count "as low as 3,200," conservation efforts and a population rebound have increased that number to around 3,890 – still nowhere near the 100,000 wild Asian cats alive in the early 20th century, but nonetheless a step in the right direction."

Ben Thompson reports for the Christian Science Monitor April 11, 2016.