Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP

 

17 more tigers have been found in Thailand’s natural environment this year, bringing the total to 177, according to the country’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, as the world marks International Tiger Day today (Thursday).

 

Five rare species of large cats were found in six national parks in Kanchanaburi province, between October last year and March this year, according to the department.

 

They include tigers, leopards, panthers, clouded leopards, Asian golden cats and Leopard cats, along with other rare species, such as Tapirs, Serow and Fea’s muntjac and 38 other protected species.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/more-tigers-found-in-thailands-nature-as-world-marks-international-tiger-day-thursday/

 

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Tigers ... what incredibly lovely big cats. 

Disclosing the location won’t help their chances of survival much.

Don't tell the Chinese or that hi-so construction company's CEO!!!

The picture shows Thailand's idea of a tiger's natural environment complete with bars.  Here tigers are reared in zoos & farms for old Chinese men who have never heard of viagra.

Just paint a target on them why don't you.

A jungle full of Tigers and a government full of sharks........isn't nature wonderful.

7 hours ago, harada said:

Disclosing the location won’t help their chances of survival much.

I remember a documentary about Kaeng Krachan on the National Geographic Channel about 15 years ago, and how they discovered quite a few tigers there. Ten years later they looked again and couldn’t find evidence of the presence of a single tiger anymore. 

Good news, but sadly not here in Cambodia:-

 

There are no longer any wild tigers in Cambodia due to indiscriminate hunting, loss of habitat and the use of snares, according to the Environment Ministry yesterday on World Tiger Day.

 

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50904513/no-more-tigers-live-in-cambodia-on-world-tiger-day/

Tigers everywhere are under threat because if the disgraceful Chinese demand for their body parts. Sad beyond belief.

„Thailand is one of 13 countries deemed to be natural habitats of tigers and the country aims to double their population by the end of next year.“

Ooha! They borrowed the calculator from TAT …!

6 hours ago, rudi49jr said:

I remember a documentary about Kaeng Krachan on the National Geographic Channel about 15 years ago, and how they discovered quite a few tigers there. Ten years later they looked again and couldn’t find evidence of the presence of a single tiger anymore. 

Kaeng Krachan has just been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List:  The decision to add Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex was made at the World Heritage Committee’s 44th  session, held online and chaired from Fuzhou, China. The session will continue through to 31 July 2021.

 

https://www.traveldailymedia.com/thailands-kaeng-krachan-forest-complex-added-to-world-heritage-list/

1 hour ago, Damrongsak said:

Kaeng Krachan has just been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List:  The decision to add Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex was made at the World Heritage Committee’s 44th  session, held online and chaired from Fuzhou, China. The session will continue through to 31 July 2021.

 

https://www.traveldailymedia.com/thailands-kaeng-krachan-forest-complex-added-to-world-heritage-list/

It is a huge and beautiful national park, no doubt about that, but poachers seem to know their way around there as well and I’m not sure there’s a single tiger left. Really hope I’m wrong, though.

But the thing is that the less tigers there are in the wild, the more valuable the next one will be that they kill. And so on and so forth, until there are aren’t any left. 

I wonder if they have camping in that national park. Tigers and tents. Hmmm.

2 hours ago, phetphet said:

I wonder if they have camping in that national park. Tigers and tents. Hmmm.

Don’t worry. If there are any tigers left in Kaeng Krachan, they will keep out of sight, deep in the forest, well away from any human activities