genetics

Name __________________

Management & Conservation of Captive Tigers -Tiger Global Conservation Strategy

1. What does GCS stand for? _______________________________

2. What is the purpose of the GCS?

3. What is the minimal number of captive tigers recommended by GCS for each subspecies? ____

4. What does PHVA stand for? ____________________________

5. PHVA Workshops focus primarily on the ___________, ___________ and __________ to wild populations and culminates in the drafting of an action plan.

6. Name two ways in which zoos are responding to the need to link in situ and ex situ tiger conservation.

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________

7. What is the single most frustrating aspect in tiger conservation?

8. What is the most promising method used to distinguish tiger subspecies?

9. The declining status of all tigers is due to the __________ and ___________ resulting in populations too small for long term survival.

10. Name two factors contributing to the overall decline of tiger numbers.

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________

11. Explain what a studbook is.

12. Explain how a cryobiology program for tigers will have a significant impact on conserving genetic diversity.