Parks Dept to tighten tiger protection

Parks Dept to tighten tiger protection

Recent attacks on humans spur action

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) is working with environmental organisations to tighten wild tiger protection measures including the setting up of camera traps and a ban on raising cattle in protected areas.

Nipon Jomnongsirisak, director of the Protected Area Regional Office 3, agencies and environmental organisations met yesterday to discuss ways to conserve tiger populations.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Freeland Foundation, and Panthera Thailand were among those at the meeting.

The move stems from recent reports of tiger attacks on humans reportedly linked to the raising of domestic cattle raised by villagers. Recently, two tigers were also shot dead by…