Thread: 66 hog deer released into the wild

Gen Surasak Karnjanarat, the Natural Resources and Environment minister, on Monday released 66 hog deers, which are protected animals, into the Dong Yai Reserve in Tambon Lam Nang Rong in Non Din Daeng district of Buri Ram province.

The release of the wild animals is a programme carried out by the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, to conserve and rehabilitate wildlife and create the balance for natural resources, environment and ecosystem.

The programme is also in the honour of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, His Majesty the Queen, and to celebrate the 65th birthday of King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun.

Under the programme, about 25,000 wild animals of 48 types have been released into the wild.

Hog deer is a protected wild animal under the Wildlife Protection and Conservation Act of 1960. Breeding of hog deers has been carried out by the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. Since 1983, the department has so far released 629 into the country’s game reserves.

66 hog deers released into the wild - Thai PBS English News

And the locals all cried "Lunch!".

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

And the locals all cried "Lunch!".

Fortunately the locals have more idea of conservation than you.

Originally Posted by birding

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

And the locals all cried "Lunch!".

Fortunately the locals have more idea of conservation than you.

You're fucking joking, aren't you?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by birding

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

And the locals all cried "Lunch!".

Fortunately the locals have more idea of conservation than you.

You're fucking joking, aren't you?

Do you even know where the place is where these deer have been released?

I do and have been there and know the area.

The main threat to these deer are the Tigers that still roam in that forest.

Originally Posted by birding

The main threat to these deer are the Tigers that still roam in that forest.

So the release of the deer is good for the tigers also.
Good thing all round.

Originally Posted by Maanaam

Originally Posted by birding

The main threat to these deer are the Tigers that still roam in that forest.

So the release of the deer is good for the tigers also.
Good thing all round.

The tigers already have plenty of food as there is an abundance of deer and Gaur already in that forest complex but there is always a possibility that one of the new inhabitants could get taken. Also leopards in there which could handle a hog deer but thats the way of nature its humans that stuff things up, mostly by destroying habitat.

Originally Posted by birding

Originally Posted by Maanaam

Originally Posted by birding

The main threat to these deer are the Tigers that still roam in that forest.

So the release of the deer is good for the tigers also.
Good thing all round.

The tigers already have plenty of food as there is an abundance of deer and Gaur already in that forest complex but there is always a possibility that one of the new inhabitants could get taken. Also leopards in there which could handle a hog deer but thats the way of nature its humans that stuff things up, mostly by destroying habitat.

I'm interested. If this ecosystem is in balance, with deer and tigers sustaining each other in their particular way, why would more deer be introduced there? Why not introduce deer to areas where tigers struggle, or where deer have long ago disappeared?

Originally Posted by Maanaam

Originally Posted by birding

Originally Posted by Maanaam

Originally Posted by birding

The main threat to these deer are the Tigers that still roam in that forest.

So the release of the deer is good for the tigers also.
Good thing all round.

The tigers already have plenty of food as there is an abundance of deer and Gaur already in that forest complex but there is always a possibility that one of the new inhabitants could get taken. Also leopards in there which could handle a hog deer but thats the way of nature its humans that stuff things up, mostly by destroying habitat.

I'm interested. If this ecosystem is in balance, with deer and tigers sustaining each other in their particular way, why would more deer be introduced there? Why not introduce deer to areas where tigers struggle, or where deer have long ago disappeared?

Pleased you are interested.

In the last several years tigers have been increasing in the areas of Thailand where they have survived. Meanwhile their prey species have also increased even quicker than the tigers so shortage of food is not a problem.

This introduction of Hog Deer is really a reintroduction for they existed over a large area of Thailand before they were pushed out of their habitat to almost the stage of extinction by increasing human activity.

They are a lowland species which previously inhabited swamp areas which were cleared for farming, they have been introduced in other forest areas in Thailand and are increasing.

Heres a couple of links to look a regarding Tigers :

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0218102800.htm

Endangered Tiger Are Recovering In At Least One Place in the World.


This quote from another site, note this is not the forest complex where this liberation took place:

Surveys have determined that there are currently about two tigers per 100 square kilometres or 60 tigers in the Western Forest Complex. The area suffers mainly from poaching, and currently has a tiger population that is likely in the low hundreds with room to grow. This site has the potential to hold nearly 2,000 tigers, which would make it the largest wild tiger population in the world, WCS-Thailand experts estimate.

I have never seen a Tiger (few people have) but I have seen Tiger tracks in 3 places one of these was in the same forest these deer have been released into.

^ Great.