Global Tiger Day, often called International Tiger Day, is an annual celebration to raise awareness for tiger conservation, held annually on 29 July.^[1] It was created in 2010 at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit.^[2] The goal of the day is to promote a global system for protecting the natural habitats of tigers and to raise public awareness and support for tiger conservation issues.^[3]

By year

2017

The seventh annual Global Tiger Day was celebrated in various ways around the world. Local events have been organized in Bangladesh, Nepal, and India as well as non-tiger-range countries such as England and the United States.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]} Some celebrities also participated by removing their social media profile photos.^[10] WWF continued its promotion of the "Double Tigers" campaign through investing in rangers.^[11] Several companies partnered with WWF to help raise awareness.^[12][13]

2018

More awareness in the entire world of tiger populations and the challenges for their conservationists. India counts the number of wild tigers every four year and show a promising rise from 1411 in 2006 to 2226 in 2014. ^[14]

See also

• Tiger conservation
• Tiger § Conservation efforts