Not only are they affected by deforestation; they are also extremely affected by Recent numbers show that "the number of wild tigers has been reduced from an est 100,000 in the early 1900s to around 3,600 adults scattered as small populations a range" (Wikramanayake). More than half of the tiger population has been depleted a majority of those tigers were killed for trade in illegal wildlife markets. Also, prediction shown that "when six tigers are being poached annually, in almost all cases the ent population goes extinct in 21.5 years" (Horev). If these numbers stay the same, tiger definitely go extinct and if these numbers increase, the year of extinction will be much than predicted. Reasons tigers are so highly poached are because "their parts are used f traditional medicine, folk remedies, and increasingly as a status symbol among wealthy