''3200 tigers left in the wild.''

[Kasz216]

Mr Khan said:

Kasz216 said:

That's why we need to fund our zoos.

 

Personally, i'd love to protect these animals... but when they are worth so much money poached AND they live in poor countries where you can't make a living...

 

What can be done to stop them?

It's like a case of King Richards Forrest.  Except everybody is siding with King Richard.

Outside of sending armed guards to actually guard them, I see no solution.

If you could provide someone with a steady job guarding a tiger as opposed to killing that tiger, selling it once, then having to go kill another, the economics of that sit in favor of guarding, though that's purely a matter of funding and getting the guys with guns to realize a stable job in wildlife protection is worth more in the long run than work as a poacher

Convincing them could be tough, and are there enough jobs for everybody?  We can't even create enough jobs in the US.  I feel like poachers probably aren't like just a small minority, but a large group of people who do it when they can wander into it.