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The Caspian tiger was once a thriving species, inhabiting the forested steppes of western and central Asia. At the peak of its reign, it could be found as far west as Ukraine and southern Russia and as far east as Siberia and northwestern China. Legends of the Caspian tiger’s predatorial dominance are woven into the cultures of many nations, including Turkey, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and China.
The Russian Army, prior to World War I, was tasked with clearing predators from forested areas to make way for settlements and agriculture. It is estimated that, in the early decades of the 20th century, approximately 50 tigers were killed each year in the forests of what is now Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The Soviet Union didn't impose a ban on tiger hunting until 1947. By that time, a significant portion of the Caspian tiger population had already been hunted.
By prematurely considering the Caspian tiger to be extinct by the 1950s, scientists and conservationists missed a chance to save the species–at least this is the argument made in a recent“Considering that compelling evidence which suggests that Caspian tigers existed in Turkey perhaps up until early 1990s it is reasonable to posit that conservationists missed a historical opportunity to save the species.
It was presumed extinct as of the late 1800s. However, in 1997, ornithologist Pamela Rasmussen made a groundbreaking rediscovery–finding the species in the ragged woodlands near Shahada, India. The primary peril to its survival stems from rampant deforestation in its habitat.Phoboscincus bocourti
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