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Tigers in the wild
Tigers are incredible animals and are the largest cat on earth. They are found in many different
habitats, from tropical rainforests to mangrove swamps and grasslands.
There are currently 13 countries that tigers range across: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China,
India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Tigers are solitary animals and almost always travel alone, with the exception of mothers and their
cubs. They are mostly nocturnal meaning that they tend to rest during the day and be more active at
night. Their heavily-muscled forelimbs, retractable claws, powerful jaws, sharp teeth and senses
make them awesome hunters. Tigers also love water and are fantastic swimmers.
Tigers are carnivorous, eating lots of different prey, including wild pigs, deer, water buffalo, rodents,
reptiles, birds, fish and even insects. They can even expand their throats to swallow food in large
pieces or even whole.
They have an incredible sense of hearing and a terrific roar that can be heard up to two miles away.
Tigers also use scent to communicate by spraying urine and rubbing themselves on trees and bushes
to inform other tigers of their whereabouts. Their eyesight is also amazing; they can see six times
better than humans in the dark.
The average tiger has more than 100 stripes and no two tigers have the same stripe pattern – very
much like a human fingerprint. These distinctive markings blend into the colours and shadows of
their habitat.
Sadly, tigers are an Endangered species and there are less than 4,000 left in the wild. Tiger
populations are on the brink of extinction in many countries and are threatened by;
Habitat loss resulting from mining, logging, farming, palm oil plantations, settlements, roads
and railways.
Conflict with local communities
Hunting for the illegal wildlife trade.
Tigers are also exploited and abused in captivity - in circuses, zoos, tiger farms and in people’s
private collections of exotic ‘pets’.
A day in the life of a tiger - homework
Choose either a wild or a circus tiger and write a diary entry about their day.
Include an introduction to set the scene and create atmosphere
Use adventurous vocabulary to describe the places where the events take place
Write in the first person but in the past tense
Use personal pronouns such as I, we, my, me
Talk about important events
Talk about feelings, reaction and opinions from the writers point of view
Use paragraphs to organise the events and write them in chronological order.
Sentence starters
Dear diary…
I must tell you about…
You will never believe it but…
I hope that…
I imagine that…
I am looking forward to… (I am not looking
forward to…)
I am worried about… (I am not worried about…)
I expect that… (I don’t expect that...)
The best bit was… The worst part was…
To tell you the truth…
Worst of all… Best of all…
Rhetorical questions
You’ll never guess what happened?
Do you know what?
Can you imagine it?
Have you ever...?
Speculative sentence starters
Perhaps
I wonder if…
I wonder whether…
Maybe…
How would it feel…
