Wild Thai tiger cub footage sparks hope for endangered species

In this photo taken in 2016 and released by Panthera, a wild cat preservation group, on March 28, 2017, three Indochinese tigers roam the forest in Eastern Thailand. -AFP/Panthera

BANGKOK: Conservationists on Tuesday hailed the discovery of a new breeding population of tigers in Thailand as a “miraculous” victory for a sub-species feared wiped out by poaching.

Images of four mothers and six cubs, captured by camera traps in an eastern Thai jungle throughout 2016, confirm the presence of what is only the world’s second known breeding population of the endangered Indochinese tiger.