Thread: Tiger's death reflects failure in forest management

Early this month, villagers in tambon Mae Thot of Thoen district in the northern province of Lampang discovered tiger footprints and heard roars.

On Jan 8, they found a tiger suffering from exhaustion hiding in a cassava plantation. The villagers contacted officials from the conservation office under the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) for assistance.

Staff from the DNP initially intended to release the animal back into the forest but changed their mind after discovering shotgun wounds on its haunch and other parts of its body.

The tiger was sent to Huay Yang Pan Conservation Centre in Chiang Mai's Hot district to receive medical treatment. The assistance, however, came too late. The tiger was pronounced dead on Jan 17.

Identified as "HKT-178", the 180-kilogramme male tiger was aged around seven years old. It had been tracked by the DNP since 2011.

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That Tiger was a long way from where it was born and had crossed some major roads and bypassed national parks and wildlife sanctuaries to get there.

Originally Posted by birding

That Tiger was a long way from where it was born and had crossed some major roads and bypassed national parks and wildlife sanctuaries to get there.

Perhaps it can't read maps and signs.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Perhaps it can't read maps and signs.

That#s where the forestry department failed.

Bloody sad.

Originally Posted by stroller

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Perhaps it can't read maps and signs.

That#s where the forestry department failed.

At their next committee meeting, someone will suggest writing signs in tigerese.

^We learned map reading as a Cubs.