Tiger sightings in Thailand hailed as conservation win


This undated handout photo from Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation-Panthera-Zoological Society of London-RCU released on July 29, 2020 shows a tiger taken with a remote camera trap in a remote region of western Thailand. - AFP

BANGKOK (AFP): Rare footage of previously unidentified tigers prowling the Thai jungle has been lauded by conservationists as evidence of a recovery for the endangered animal.

The zoologists said Southeast Asia is a key battleground in the fight to save the big cats, whose numbers globally have plummeted from about 100,000 a century ago to fewer than 4,000 today.

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