Worldwide, tiger populations have gone into a free fall, occupying 4% of their historic range in the wild. Of the nine subspecies, four have gone extinct, leaving nothing but a phantom emptiness of what once prowled in the shadows. One such case was the Indonesian island of java

The Javan tiger was officially listed as extinct around 2003, despite likely dying off decades prior. Its demise is a stark reality and a lesson to learn from, as the same scenario plays out across various other species on the brink of extinction.

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