Only 100 or so in the world, the wild "Malaysian tiger" rare appearances, experts: destined to meet the end

The other day, the Malaysian World Nature Genetics Association, published a very precious photo, this photo shooting location, is in the Malaysian state of Merak, in the dense jungle, there are 5 wild "Malay tigers", is walking leisurely towards the depths of the jungle.

It is reported that because the number of Malay tigers is very small, Malaysia has not been in the wild for many years, to take pictures of wild Malay tigers, and this time, an adult female tiger, with its four cubs, which is also more surprising, because the four young Malay tigers, is the hope of their population in the future.

So, what is a "Malay tiger"? How rare are they?

When it comes to tigers, we generally think of the Northeast Tiger and South China Tiger, but tigers are also divided into several species, and the Malay tiger is one of them.

From a size point of view, the Malay tiger is much smaller than the Northeast tiger, and they are the "third smallest" species in the tiger world after the Sumatran tiger and the Bali tiger.

When they were first discovered, they were once thought to be Indochinese tigers opening up new habitats because of their similarity in appearance to Indochinese tigers.

In terms of habitat, Malay tigers are mainly found in the Malay Peninsula, which is the western part of Malaysia and the southern part of Thailand.

For Malaysia, the Malay tiger is a very precious animal, they are also Malaysia's "national animal", and is considered to represent the symbol of Malaysia, however, the survival prospects of the Malay tiger, over the years have been precarious, there are many experts are very pessimistic that: humans are witnessing the extinction of the Malay tiger.

So, what is causing the Malay tiger to become endangered? Are they going extinct?

In the past, the Malay tiger was still abundant, and before the 20th century, in addition to Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, and other places, have a Malay tiger distribution.

However, when the time came in the mid-20th century, the number of Malay tigers began to plummet, but at that time, there were still more than 3,000 wild Malay tigers in Malaysia, the main habitat of Malay tigers.

Of course, now more than half a century has passed, Malaysia's wild Malay tiger, only more than 100, from here we can also see that, although the Malay tiger is Malaysia's "national animal", but, the locals are not well protected, otherwise, they will not become endangered animals.

From the information, in 2014, Malaysia's animal protection organizations, through a field survey found that the number of wild Malay tigers in the territory, there are still more than 300, but now even the most optimistic estimates, the number of Malay tigers in the wild, there are only about 130 left.

For endangered reasons, on the one hand, the Malay tiger is very dependent on the forest, but, because of population growth and Malaysia's agricultural development, these have led to the deforestation of large areas of forest, destroying many forests, naturally, in the case of shrinking forest areas, the Malay tiger also then lost a large area of habitat, it is also difficult to find adequate food.

In addition, the endangerment of many animals is inseparable from the same reason - human hunting. In Asia, tiger bones are believed to be used as medicine, so many Asian countries with tigers have experienced serious tiger poaching.

In China, the endangerment of the Northeast tiger and the extinction of the South China tiger in the wild is inseparable from poaching activities, or it can be said that poaching activities are the main reason for their endangerment and even step by step toward extinction.

Naturally, in the eyes of poachers, "all the treasures" of the Malaysian tiger, it is difficult to escape the fate of people poaching. So, after the field survey, many researchers believe that the Malay tiger will soon be extinct in the wild, and some researchers also gave the Malay tiger extinction time - of about 2025.

So, is there a way to stop the extinction of the Malay tiger? WWW researchers believe that humans may not be able to save the Malay tiger because both the habitat in the wild and the time left for their population to grow are running out.

The fragmented habitat distribution, for example, will lead to the Malay tiger in the breeding season, simply can not find a mate, thus missing the mating, can not breed offspring, naturally, if the annual breeding season, the Malay tiger does not have enough cubs born, then it is difficult to ensure the population size.

So, we may be witnessing the "disappearance of the Malay tiger", which is a very sad thing. Friends, what do you think?