Update: The Tiger Summit has been moved to November 2010. Obama still has not committed to sending a representative.

There are more tigers in captivity in the U.S. than there are remaining in the wild around the world.

This year is the Year of the Tiger on the Chinese calendar, and only 3,200 tigers remain in the wild. These amazing animals are illegally hunted across Asia for their meat, skins and bones. If this doesn't stop, 2010 may be the last Year of the Tiger.

The world's first Tiger Summit will be held this September in St. Petersburg, Russia, hosted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and World Bank President Robert Zoellick.

Although there are no wild tigers in the U.S., extinction impacts all of us. Urge President Obama to help tigers by:

- Sending a high level representative to the Tiger Summit;

- Increasing U.S. funding and technical support for on-the-ground tiger conservation efforts; and

- Create stronger regulations for tigers in captivity in the U.S.

Support from the U.S. can  help change the future for tigers.

Photo Credit: Todd Ryburn