Thailand 'has highest number of wild tigers in Southeast Asia'

Thailand 'has highest number of wild tigers in Southeast Asia'Thailand has the highest number of wild tigers in Southeast Asia thanks to a national conservation project implemented since 2010, according to Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Varawut Silpa-archa. Mr Varawut said the government aims to make Thailand the leading country in Southeast Asia in terms of the size of its tiger population by 2034. Phadet Laithong, director of the department's Wildlife Conservation Office, said India has the highest tiger population in the world. "We have seen tiger footprints from the cameras installed in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, and it is estimated there are 148-149 tigers in the forests, the highest number in Southeast Asia," said Mr Phadet. The biodiversity of an area always correlates with its tiger population."