Are White Tigers Extinct 2024. White tigers are believed to be extinct in the wild—the last known wild white tiger was killed in 1958.  — the number of tigers in the wild has gone up 40% since 2015 — largely because of improvements in monitoring them, according to the international union for conservation of nature.

 — the largest of all tigers, it roams the taiga and may also be found in temperate broadleaf and mixed forest.  — in 2008, after more than a century of merciless hunting and habitat loss, the javan tiger was declared extinct.