Popular Post snoop1130 Posted March 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2020 People warned not to enter national park after man is killed by tiger By The Nation Locals were warned not to enter Thap Lan National Park after a resident was killed by a tiger on March 29. Jamras Phumwaengkuang, a 46-year-old resident of Nakhon Ratchasima province, and two friends entered the park searching for wild plants in the forest. He split from his friends on hearing the noise of an animal that they assumed to be a tiger but did not rejoin the group. The rescue team and a group of the park’s officers dispatched to look for him came across a tiger guarding his body and a dead monitor lizard. They spent about 15 hours to bring his body out of the forest. The body was sent to Wang Nam Khiew Hospital for an autopsy. Thap Lan National Park chief Prawatsart Chanthep said tigers have reappeared in the park after a 20-year absence. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30385143 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-03-31 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post unamazedloso Posted March 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2020 wild plants hey?... Um,.. its a national park? No sympathy. Reality, looking for animals to kill, wood to steel or hey even to light fires cuz it seems all the rage! 12 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post graemeaylward Posted March 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) Sorry for the family of the man who lost his life, but fantastic news that wild tigers have returned to the National Park after 20 years! That is if it is wild and not let loose from some tiger zoo! Edited March 31, 2020 by graemeaylward 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 How about hanging up some warning signs ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thaibook Posted April 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2020 Give the tiger a medal and promote it to general in the Royal Thai Police. At last a creature willing to enforce the law. Could we also recruit a patrol of tigers and leopards (also wild in Kanchanaburi park) to prowl the north and feed on those who seek to destroy habitats by burning? I am sure they would be satisfied with the arm or the leg they found and not demand it o another or their watch. 10 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysfriend Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 We see in the Tschernobyl area what happens in the absence of man ... Nature , the forest , comes back and with that all kinds of animals that naturally lived in that habitat before .... beautiful ... but the radiation is still there , of course ... 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thailand Posted April 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2020 RIP But brilliant idea. Release tigers and other predators in to the forests of northern Thailand where the arsonists roam and produce life threatening smog, may be some collateral damage but might just do the trick. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lust Posted April 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2020 I didn’t know there were any wild tigers left here. Happy days. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyezhov Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, lust said: I didn’t know there were any wild tigers left here. Happy days. Isnt that fabulous? The army should cordon off the area. Wonder what type of tiger it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DoctorG Posted April 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2020 How do animals reappear after an absence of 20 years? Migration from where? Do they have the appropriate visa? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artiz Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) Amazing story... sad for the bloke and his family, even if they have probably forgotten he even existed already. Empathy is still a complete mystery to most Thai's of course but there's always the funeral to look forward to. But, nothing like definitive evidence of Tigers still living wild in Thailand... you can just imagine what that will do for tourism! Thanks for posting! https://globalconservation.org/news/new-discovery-second-tiger-population-thailand-found-thap-lan-wo/ Edited April 1, 2020 by artiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post donnacha Posted April 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2020 When around tigers, you should always practice social distancing. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranki Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 I read it was a striped one....very rare... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranki Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 34 minutes ago, Nyezhov said: Isnt that fabulous? The army should cordon off the area. Wonder what type of tiger it is? I read it was a striped one....very rare... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyezhov Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 minute ago, cranki said: I read it was a striped one....very rare... You do know there are subspecies...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibook Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 43 minutes ago, lust said: I didn’t know there were any wild tigers left here. Happy days. There is a national park in Uthai Thani with a research centre that looks after animals that have been removed as pets, are not native to Thailand or rescued from their poor (animal parents). These include at least two leopards and 12 tigers, 2 Bengal tigers (hence not native) and the others are Indochinese tigers. further out in the park there are wild leopards and tigers (at least 20) - they are tagged. At the start of the trails there are notices explaining how to behave if you come across an elephant in a good or bad mood and how to distinguish between the two. It is very thoughtful to explain how to tell the elephant is having a bad day as it can be a bruising encounter. When we were there, there were perhaps 6 Thais near the lodge but no-one at the research centre and no farangs - perhaps tigers prefer farangs. (My uncle was saved from a tiger that sprang at him by his dog - but that is another story). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creasy Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Silly Tiger. Now that ItalThai toad will be up there quick smart and try to make soup out of him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garzhe Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Found the Tiger guarding his body. Really The only knowledge that tigers still exist here are from pictures taken by camera traps and all National parks were closed on 26th March so they must have entered illegally. Story sounds a bit suspect. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 39 minutes ago, Nyezhov said: You do know there are subspecies...... Yes, the government is buying two ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarteso Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Send all those soi dogs to nationals parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquis22 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 20 minutes ago, garzhe said: Found the Tiger guarding his body. Really The only knowledge that tigers still exist here are from pictures taken by camera traps and all National parks were closed on 26th March so they must have entered illegally. Story sounds a bit suspect. Maybe sus due to April 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 15 hours ago, snoop1130 said: He split from his friends on hearing the noise of an animal that they assumed to be a tiger but did not rejoin the group. Some you win, some you lose.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPI Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Nyezhov said: You do know there are subspecies...... followed by a question mark.......just saying? (for fun, please don't chew my head off!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanaplaza666 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Destiny1990 said: How about hanging up some warning signs ? And you think that will help ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysfriend Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Nyezhov said: Isnt that fabulous? The army should cordon off the area. Wonder what type of tiger it is? It is a Thaiger ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi49jr Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 hours ago, lust said: I didn’t know there were any wild tigers left here. Happy days. Wikipedia says: "According to researchers, the park may have more tigers than China". The park is actually the second biggest national park in Thailand, about 2,200 square kilometers. It is in between, and connected to, two other national parks, Khao Yai and Tha Phraya. The three parks together cover an area of around 5,000 square kilometers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranki Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 4 hours ago, Nyezhov said: You do know there are subspecies...... Ummm....would that be the Non-striped ones ......"shrugs" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 4 hours ago, Nyezhov said: You do know there are subspecies...... Semi striped.???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobobo Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 5 hours ago, Nyezhov said: Isnt that fabulous? The army should cordon off the area. Wonder what type of tiger it is? Obviously non-vegan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi49jr Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) Just hope the poachers don't get wind of this, would hate to see these last tigers get blown away because countless schmucks in China still believe that tiger parts can protect them from various diseases or give them a bigger erection. I remember about 20 years ago National Geographic did research in Kaeng Krachan national park and found evidence that there was quite a large population of tigers there, possibly 50 to 100. It was on TV, and about 10 years later they went back and I think they couldn't find a single tiger anymore in Kaeng Krachan. At least not in the area where they had done the research before and found such a large population. So I guess the poachers got in there and killed them all. And the sad thing is that with every tiger they kill, the next one will become more valuable because there are less and less of these magnificent animals left. Edited April 1, 2020 by rudi49jr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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