 As we celebrate the numbers today, we have to realize that these majestic animals are facing dire challenges from an ever decreasing and disturbed habitat and illegal trade and traffic. India is committed to doing whatever it can to further animal protection and conservation. I would express, and personally I would request, heads of government of the tiger range countries and bring them together in an alliance of global leaders to erase, demand and to firm the cup poaching and illegal trade in Asia. Let me once again congratulate you on this World Tiger Day. Let us all pledge to create a green and environmentally sustainable country. Let the tiger be that symbol of sustainability. I would like to say that the story of the one and only tiger is alive and it has not stopped there. Only the tiger is alive and it will not work. We used to say that the tiger is alive and it has not stopped there. The tiger is alive and it has not stopped there.