Verbal Ability (Insurance Exams)

Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(A) When it comes to the number of tigers though, I think it is too small a number representing a species.
(B) These days, everywhere I go, I see hoardings saying 'Just 1411 Left'.
(C) The three being, the Caspian, Balinese and Javan.
(D) Besides the small number, we are steadily losing a few species of these animals as well.
(E) Normally, I would groan and grumble on seeing this figure of 1411 on my shopping bills as it sounds too much.
(F) At the end of the last century we had lost 3 out of 8 tiger species.

Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?