Why are tigers being killed by human beings?

Answer 1

Bengal Tigers are an example of the adaptions and evolution that all animals make to the changing environments, and circumstances in which they live. To be able to study these changes continually, to measure their evolution as a species, to overall environmental pressure, and stress is of incredible value. This can be an insightful learning experience about all animals especially, top of the food chain predators, and how they adapt, and adjust to different types of stress. Considering the Bengal Tiger is the apex predators in their food chain, without their continued presences, their prey animals populations would quickly become out of balance. This would then be reflected through out all regions the Bengal Tiger had maintained hunting territory, if another top predator didn't replace them quickly. The prey animals left to live unmolested, would soon threaten their own food source, have difficulty finding food, birth populations would drop, many would sicken, and others would suffer starvation. This could be the first steps that could lead to another species becoming imperiled. The cycle would continue, for any number of new species that could become endangered. While tigers that are poached today are generally sold to the black market to be used for body parts. They are wanted for everything from their fur pelt to their teeth, claws, paws, tails, internal organs, and bones. Most of this is sold for use in the "Chinese Traditional Medicine" market. That market would apply even more pressure on the tiger species that were remaining, making their continued survival questionable. Lastly, to have any species become extinct, when it's within humanity's abilities to save, is a tragedy for future generations both socially, and scientifically. We can never truly know, what we are losing when a species slips through our fingers. For more details, please see the sites listed below.

Answer 2

Humans kill tigers for two main reasons. The first of these is that humans fear tigers, and people who must live with tigers prowling around their villages often kill them to prevent the tigers from attacking. The other reason is money, since people can sell tiger skins and other parts for a great deal of money.

Answer 3

For there skin. Some people will skin the whole tiger as well as the head and take it to a taxidermist to make the eyes ,brain and blood not stink. They don't only do this to Bengal tigers but all other tigers as well.

Answer 4

people hunt leopards because of they are good for rugs and food

Answer 5

some are killed for there precious qualities to be sold on for money.

Answer 6

mostly tigers were hunted for there skins . Many years ago emporers and rulers hunt tigers to show there bravery

Answer 7

People do not benefit Bengal Tigers. They hunt them. The only way they conserve them is the Tiger plan.

Answer 8

Because their fur is soft.