Injured Bengal Tiger Rescued in Lampang

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Injured Bengal Tiger Rescued in Lampang

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – At around 4am on January 9th 2017, officers from Protected Area Regional Office 13, Lampang Branch, lead by Chonpoom Jomthan, the Director of Wildlife Conservation together with over 100 officers from Protected Area Regional Office 16 (Chiang Mai), military officers from Regional Area 32, police officers from Thoen District, village chiefs, rescue officers and many locals came together to help an injured Bengal tiger in Sob Toen village Tambon Mae Thod Amphoe Thoen.

 

Locals had heard the tiger’s roar after the tiger was discovered lying inured in a cassava planation about 50 metres off the Lampang-Bangkok Road.

 

Veterinarians from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation shot the tiger with anesthetic then moved it to a cage. The male tiger was measured at 1.2 metres height, 1.6 metres long and was around 200 kilograms in weight. It had an injured wound which appeared to have been a gunshot under its left lips and many more wounds on its body.

 

Full story: http://www.chiangmaicitylife.com/news/injured-bengal-tiger-rescued-in-lampang/

 

-- © Copyright Chiang City News 2017-01-11

[ezrider62]

Tigers are beautiful animals and very endangered, hope he makes it.

[canuckamuck]

Out of the frying pan...

[elgordo38]

Great article bringing out the humanitarian side of humans something sadly lacking today. Why someone would want to shoot such a noble animal is beyond me. Hard sometimes to differentiate between man and beast. Yes noble beast looks like your in great hands. 

Edited January 11, 2017 by elgordo38

[ezrider62]

47 minutes ago, elgordo38 said:

Great article bringing out the humanitarian side of humans something sadly lacking today. Why someone would want to shoot such a noble animal is beyond me. Hard sometimes to differentiate between man and beast. Yes noble beast looks like your in great hands. 

Could be protection why it was shot, but most likely not it was money. These creatures are really on a sharp decline along with many other exotic animals around the world. Let's all hope for some more conservation education, protective laws and enforcement to help in preservaton of these magnificent creatures.

[nikotin]

Very good they rescued the.....wait....A TIGER!!!!!

 

Dont tell me there are really tigers running around here in the north??

 

I ride a lot in the sticks with the motorbike,should i worry? 

[ezrider62]

10 minutes ago, nikotin said:

Very good they rescued the.....wait....A TIGER!!!!!

 

Dont tell me there are really tigers running around here in the north??

 

I ride a lot in the sticks with the motorbike,should i worry? 

Hear ya on that! I always worry about cruising on the motorbike and foot looking for fishing ponds where I'm at in the countryside and runnng into a loose crocodile or a huge snake. A tiger now that is some f'n scary stuff!

[nikotin]

21 minutes ago, ezrider62 said:

Hear ya on that! I always worry about cruising on the motorbike and foot looking for fishing ponds where I'm at in the countryside and runnng into a loose crocodile or a huge snake. A tiger now that is some f'n scary stuff!

 

Ahhh..crocodiles i didnt even think of them... snakes were really all i worried about...but tigers are damn scary...i thought they are only found in the south...

 

From now on its not the "eye of the tiger",but "the eye ON the tiger" 555

 

Reminds me of this movie scene:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hmkhiXcWgU

Edited January 11, 2017 by nikotin

[jak2002003]

Its the bears you really need to worry about....

[jak2002003]

Just read that the Bengal Tiger is not native to Thailand.... So its probably an escaped animals from a tiger farm or private collection.

[elgordo38]

3 hours ago, ezrider62 said:

Could be protection why it was shot, but most likely not it was money. These creatures are really on a sharp decline along with many other exotic animals around the world. Let's all hope for some more conservation education, protective laws and enforcement to help in preservaton of these magnificent creatures.

Is it greed or necessity that pulls the trigger. Both are on the rise. 

[canuckamuck]

I don't think it would have been greed or hunger, or even protectionism that would cause a villager to pull the trigger. Most of these guys would shoot simply because it was there. I know several people who would  never let any wild animal pass if there was a rifle or powder gun handy. There is a potential for some value and some meat, but mostly it is deep ignorance and opportunity. From rats to clouded leopards, they all end up being guilty of being alive and within range.

Edited January 11, 2017 by canuckamuck

[nikotin]

2 hours ago, jak2002003 said:

Its the bears you really need to worry about....

 

Really?What kind of bears are living here in the north...oh my god,i gonna be scared out of my mind next time i go in the sticks...i assume the would be scared of when hearing a motorbike?

 

ok this bears: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cwLGsdA2-w

Edited January 11, 2017 by nikotin

[ezrider62]

2 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

I don't think it would have been greed or hunger, or even protectionism that would cause a villager to pull the trigger. Most of these guys would shoot simply because it was there. I know several people who would  never let any wild animal pass if there was a rifle or powder gun handy. There is a potential for some value and some meat, but mostly it is deep ignorance and opportunity. From rats to clouded leopards, they all end up being guilty of being alive and within range.

That's not good news, well, hopefully the law will catch up with these poachers.

[ezrider62]

2 hours ago, elgordo38 said:

Is it greed or necessity that pulls the trigger. Both are on the rise. 

They both account to money and I have seen both here and everywhere and they sure do seem to be on a big rise. I have been reading about some poachers out in California that are just poaching for the fun of killing the animal and leaving it to rot, what a waste.

[Spock]

4 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

I don't think it would have been greed or hunger, or even protectionism that would cause a villager to pull the trigger. Most of these guys would shoot simply because it was there. I know several people who would  never let any wild animal pass if there was a rifle or powder gun handy. There is a potential for some value and some meat, but mostly it is deep ignorance and opportunity. From rats to clouded leopards, they all end up being guilty of being alive and within range.

Nice piece of prose but not good news for threatened species. Unfortunately, the bulk of the world's exotic wildlife is situated in continents full of poor, desperate or greedy people for whom moral necessities do not exist. Little wonder that the tiger has been used as target practice.

[amja]

Ok, they are beautiful animals and should be preserved as much as possible. Esay to think that way for all people living in cities but just think about having a 200kg predator nosing around your house at night!

Here in sweden my sisters beloved Border Terrier got eaten by a wolf right on the veranda and that was only 5km from the city! It was confirmed by  specialist trackers, but the authorities in the capital stopped hunting. Easy for domestic people who do not have the predator problems in their own backyard.

I´m happy they could keep that tiger alive!

 

P.s

that wolf will not do any more harm.

D.s

[ezrider62]

20 hours ago, nikotin said:

 

Ahhh..crocodiles i didnt even think of them... snakes were really all i worried about...but tigers are damn scary...i thought they are only found in the south...

 

From now on its not the "eye of the tiger",but "the eye ON the tiger" 555

 

Reminds me of this movie scene:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hmkhiXcWgU

 

look at this link. This is what I am worried about, then this loose one has a clutch of of babies that go unacounted for and so on a few years later. I think this is what is out there now. How many crocs are out there from previous floods escaped from parks?