News Forum - More tigers in Thailand than any other Southeast Asian country

[Thaiger]

Happy International Tiger Day! Thailand is celebrating it by declaring that, after over a decade of conservation, Thailand now has the most tigers in the wild of any nation in Southeast Asia. Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Varawut Silpa-archa announced that this is due in large part to the National Strategy for Tiger Conservation, a programme that has been in effect since 2010. In the last decade, the wild tiger population in the Huai Kha Khaeng and Thungyai wildlife sanctuaries grew from 42 up to 100, thanks in part to a smart patrol system in place. This patrol system […]

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[palooka]

Now we have the herbalists/ chinese medicine invasion after tiger testicles extract etc.

Hope they can now protect that population.

[BigHewer]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

Happy International Tiger Day! Thailand is celebrating it by declaring that, after over a decade of conservation, Thailand now has the most tigers in the wild of any nation in Southeast Asia.

Good news, though I think Indonesia might have something to say about the #1 rank claim

[Marble-eye]

32 minutes ago, BigHewer said:

Good news, though I think Indonesia might have something to say about the #1 rank claim

Please don't do a quiz about how many tigers in Thailand, I'm still recovering from the elephant one.

[DesperateOldHand]

1 hour ago, BigHewer said:

Good news, though I think Indonesia might have something to say about the #1 rank claim

...or Cambodia. 

I'd be curious to know who's counting all these tigers in the remote wild. 

[dmacarelli]

There are some Thais who are very committed to conservation. Mostly younger folks. They have also done a good job at some of the elephant preserves. 

Thailand's hope for a better future rests with the emergence of the youth, combined with the extinction of the dinosaurs. It cannot happen soon enough.

[HiuMak]

13 hours ago, DesperateOldHand said:

...or Cambodia. 

I'd be curious to know who's counting all these tigers in the remote wild. 

Did they include those in the bars?

[Smiler]

Brilliant news, it’s great that Thailand wants to protect its valuable wildlife the world would be a sad place without creatures like these roaming the forests. If only the Chinese could be educated that eating certain parts of a tiger is not an aphrodisiac. 

[Richard61]

Unfortunately Thailand is still also a main provider of tiger parts to Vietnam and China from the many tiger farms here.

[cowslip]

20 hours ago, Thaiger said:

Happy International Tiger Day! Thailand is celebrating it by declaring that, after over a decade of conservation, Thailand now has the most tigers in the wild of any nation in Southeast Asia. Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Varawut Silpa-archa announced that this is due in large part to the National Strategy for Tiger Conservation, a programme that has been in effect since 2010. In the last decade, the wild tiger population in the Huai Kha Khaeng and Thungyai wildlife sanctuaries grew from 42 up to 100, thanks in part to a smart patrol system in place. This patrol system […]

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This is NOT good news it is extremely depressing and the success of a few conservationists is being used as propaganda by the authorities and the media,

20 years ago the estimated tiger population in Huai Kha Khaeng and Thungyai wildlife sanctuaries was near 200. This figure may have been inaccurate.

 

ALL tiger populations in S.E.Asia are extremely threatened and articles like this are designed to make the public think the government is actually doing something. In reality the conservationists small progress in Thailand is DESPITE the efforts of the government, who are sanctioning encroachment and destruction of Tiger habitat all over the country. 

 

Their "re-foresting" programs are a disaster and they consistently try to ruin Tiger habitat by building dams etc - (e.g., the repeated attempts to Dam in Mae Wong NP)

As for the trafficking of animals the authorities still are proving ineffective - now and then they make a big deal of the occasional bust to create a publicly acceptable image. The truth is they frequently fall fowl of their obligations under the CITES treaty they signed intended to fight the trade in wildlife.

Tigers are apex predators and their survival is indicative of the whole environmental eco-system in which the live. If they are not there the eco-system is not working properly and this in turn affects both the b=natural resources of Thailand and our supply of water, the farming environment, air quality etc. etc.....

 

[23RD]

Well done Thailand saving these majestic creatures from extinction. 

Edited July 31, 2022 by 23RD

[dmacarelli]

9 hours ago, Khunwilko said:

This is NOT good news it is extremely depressing and the success of a few conservationists is being used as propaganda by the authorities and the media,

20 years ago the estimated tiger population in Huai Kha Khaeng and Thungyai wildlife sanctuaries was near 200. This figure may have been inaccurate.

ALL tiger populations in S.E.Asia are extremely threatened and articles like this are designed to make the public think the government is actually doing something. In reality the conservationists small progress in Thailand is DESPITE the efforts of the government, who are sanctioning encroachment and destruction of Tiger habitat all over the country. 

Their "re-foresting" programs are a disaster and they consistently try to ruin Tiger habitat by building dams etc - (e.g., the repeated attempts to Dam in Mae Wong NP)

As for the trafficking of animals the authorities still are proving ineffective - now and then they make a big deal of the occasional bust to create a publicly acceptable image. The truth is they frequently fall fowl of their obligations under the CITES treaty they signed intended to fight the trade in wildlife.

Tigers are apex predators and their survival is indicative of the whole environmental eco-system in which the live. If they are not there the eco-system is not working properly and this in turn affects both the b=natural resources of Thailand and our supply of water, the farming environment, air quality etc. etc.....

One of the really dirty secrets here, is that Thailand regularly signs treaties it has no intention of honoring. The ASEAN charter are good examples. Remember the one they signed that allows the free flow of all alcoholic beverages produced by any ASEAN nation to be imported and exported, duty free? How many bottles of Bintang have you seen at Big C lately? 

[cowslip]

9 hours ago, 23RD said:

Well done Thailand saving these majestic creatures from extinction. 

They are doing anything but......!

[Tezza1971]

A Law should be made that it is a Mandatory Death Sentence for anyone involved in dealing with Tiger parts for medicines etc to idiots in Vietnam and China who think they're good for their health. Arrest the sellers and buyers and strip them of their assets and use the money to beef up patrols to protect these majestic creatures.