during the japanese colonial era, vast number of wild fauna were poached leading some of the species to be threaten to potential extinction. initially, the wild tiger, which inhabited on the korean peninsula was a siberain tiger species. it was very large in its size and large number existed throughout the nation. however, as part of the korean annihilation policy of the joseon dynasty, japanese hunters were invited to hunt tigers. it is well known that tigers are originally the culmination of the food chain, yet, during this period of the time nearly 800 were hunted as the japanese colonial rule, leading the species itself to face potential extinction. currently, there are only few left close on the boarder to china.