Date: February 18, 2016
Source: Wildlife Conservation Society
A new study by a team of Thai and
international scientists finds that a depleted tiger population in Thailand Southeast Asia where tigers are confirmed to be
increasing in population. It is also the first-ever long-term study of tiger
population dynamics in Southeast Asia .
Moreover, the scientists feel even better
days lay ahead for this population of the iconic carnivores.
The Government of Thailand in
collaboration with WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) established an intensive
patrol system in in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary (HKK) in 2006 to curb
poaching of tigers and their prey, and to recover what is possibly the largest
remaining "source" population of wild tigers in mainland Southeast Asia .
Monitoring of the population from
2005-2012 identified 90 individual tigers and an improvement in tiger survival
and recruitment over time.
"The protection effort is paying off
as the years have progressed, as indicated by the increase in recruitment, and
we expect the tiger population to increase even more rapidly in the years to
come," said Somphot Duangchantrasiri, the lead author of the study."
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