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Tiger numbers increase after bantengs released

For the first time in 30 years, a trap camera captures photos of tigers roaming inside the Salak Phra Wildlife Sanctuary in Kanchanaburi.  Salak phra Wildlife Sanctuary photo

Kanchanaburi: At least six tigers have been found in Salak Phra Wildlife Sanctuary in Kanchanaburi for the first time in over 30 years.

Seree Makboon, chief of Khao Namphu Nature and Wildlife Education Centre, part of the 40,000-rai sanctuary, said trap cameras last year captured six Indochinese tigers.

He said officers can identify three tigers based on the tiger’s skin print database as coming from Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary in Tak province, north of the Salak Phra Wildlife Sanctuary.

The other three were a mother tiger and her two cubs. There is…

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