» New tigers found in Thai wildlife sanctuary

Three new tigers have been spotted in one of Thailand’s wildlife sanctuaries, the first confirmed new members of that sanctuary’s population in over 30 years and an evidence that the Kingdom’s efforts to protect its big cats in the wild continue to bear fruit.

The three new tigers are a mother and her two cubs. Three other tigers were also spotted as they had migrated from another nearby sanctuary. All six were photographed by camera traps, while researchers were able to identify the migrant tigers by the patterns of their coats. The area was declared a wildlife sanctuary in the 1970s when the big cats were spotted.

It is not clear if the…