Conservationists have shared an adorable video of a baby tiger attempting its very best roar.
“Want to hear a tiger cub roar? It’s unforgettable!” says Ginette Hemley, Senior Vice President for Wildlife at World Wildlife Fund (WWF). “Turn your sound on for a treat.”
The video shows a mother tiger and her three cubs strolling past camera traps in the Dawna Tenasserim Landscape. The area of land, which is shared by Thailand and Myanmar, is “home to the largest population of wild tigers in mainland Southeast Asia,” she says.
Around 130 wild tigers are believed to call this landscape home, as well as many other wild cats. A few of the animals calling this diverse region home include “the Indochinese leopard, clouded leopard, Asian golden cat, fishing cat, jungle cat, marbled cat and leopard cat,” says Hemley, adding that “over 150 other mammals and nearly 570 bird species” can also be found here.
Conservation organisations like WWF hope these little tigers – and other cubs like them – will have a positive future in this vital habitat as some populations are rising.
“Just last year, Thailand announced its tiger population is increasing, a hopeful sign that the tiger conservation efforts are making a real impact,” says Hemley. “This achievement made Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia to increase its tiger population.”
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Image and video credit: Credit: DNP (Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation) & WWF-Thailand
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