Endangered tigers under threat in Indian jungle that inspired “The Jungle Book”

Poaching, loss of forest, encroaching development and a booming black market in China continue to threaten tigers 30 tigers have already been killed by poachers in the first part of this year compared to 25 total last year India, home to majority of these tigers has 2,226 in the wild today, up 30 percent A World Wildlife Fund report in April showed the wild population of tigers is now 3,890, up from 3,200 in 2010 India’s government hopes to add five more reserves in the coming years and has taken steps to boost tiger tourism