Conservation efforts invigorate wild tiger population in China

(ECNS) -- China has experienced an increase of wild tiger populations driven by measures to protect endangered species through establishing national reserves, according to China's National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA) on Monday, which marks International Tiger Day.

China is home to the Siberian tiger, Indochinese tiger, Bengal tiger, and South China tiger, the largest number of subspecies of tigers in the world.

In recent years, natural habitats and management stations have been set up in wild tigers distribution areas to boost conservation efforts, said the NFGA. China completed the construction of the 14,100-square-kilometers Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park to develop a unified sky to earth monitoring system.

According to the statistics, the abundance of tiger prey has more than doubled, and the number of tiger populations has increased to about 70 in the northeast national park. In 2023, eight breeding families and more than 20 cubs were recorded with a distribution range exceeding 11,000 square kilometers.

To foster greater protection, China has also improved the procedures and standards for the rehabilitation of Siberian tigers, upscaled the prevention and treatment of common diseases, and established a wild gene resource bank.

With repeated crackdowns on the poaching and trade of tigers and associated products, China has jointly promoted global tiger conservation through a series of signed declaration plans.