THAILAND COUNTED 210 WILD TIGERS.
The national estimate is up from 148–189 in 2022. A monitored tigress has raised three litters—nine cubs—and one daughter is already breeding.
Thailand’s latest national estimate puts its wild tiger population at 210. In the Western Forest Complex, camera traps have followed one tigress through three litters and nine cubs; one daughter now has cubs of her own.
WHAT HAPPENED
WWF reports that Thailand’s 2026 national estimate reached 210 wild tigers, up from 148–189 in 2022. In the Western Forest Complex, camera traps have followed Mae Kaew since she established territory in 2021. She has raised three litters—nine cubs—and a daughter born in 2022 has now raised two cubs.
The recovery rests on sustained work rather than a lucky sighting: stronger ranger patrols, camera-trap monitoring, protected habitat, school and community programs, and rebuilding prey. Since 2021, more than 180 sambar deer have been returned to tiger habitat. WWF describes Thailand as the first Southeast Asian country to grow its wild tiger population.
WHY THIS IS HOPESLOP
A tiger comeback is not magic. It is what happens when the unphotogenic pieces—patrols, prey, data, habitat and trust—stay in place long enough for a mother to raise cubs, and for one of those cubs to become a mother. The national total is still small, but the direction has changed.
ORIGINAL SOURCEWorld Wildlife FundRead the original report
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