CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
International Tiger Day – Observed on July 29
- Global Tiger Day, often called International Tiger Day, is an annual celebration to raise awareness for tiger conservation, held annually on 29 July.
- The theme for the 2021 International Tiger Day is “Their survival is in our hands”.
- It was created in 2010 at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit in Russia.
- The population of the national animal of India has been affected by several factors like illegal wildlife trade, human wildlife conflict, habitat loss, and fragmentation.