Research Study on "Panther" in Huai Shin World Heritage Forest

Panther Research Study. Reflections on Strengthening in Preservation of Huai Shin World Heritage Forest

Based on ongoing tiger research, it is a guarantee of wildlife abundance at Huai Shin, reflecting the strength of the maintenance of the Huai Shin Forest Area, by monitoring tiger populations in the Huai Shin Wildlife Refuge area has been carried out continuously since 2004.

According to tiger researchers, the tiger population in Huai Shin has increased steadily from the original 42 in 2010 to the current estimate of up to 87 tigers living in Huai Shin.

Panther Ecology Study Data in Shin Huai Specifically Issues of Tricky Area Size of Female Panther, which has begun a study in 2005 to contain tricky area size data of tiger blooms including female descendant lines of interest and create critical understanding for the conservation of tigers and prey animals.

In 2005, at that time, the tiger blooms were a generation of girls, using only 57 sq km of tricky space, and they were expanded to 75 sq km in 2014. At present, 2025, the original area of the blooms has been the tricky area of two female tigers, one of which is the tiger that uses 36 sq km.

In 2012, the tiger took an 80-square-kilometer tricky area. Later in 2020, some of this area (64 square kilometers) was converted to the possession of the tiger, which is the narrowest size since the beginning of the study.

The proven theory says that "the size of the female tiger's tricky area is inversely proportional to the amount of prey." So the change in the size of the tricky area of tigers blooms and their smaller descendants over the past 20 years suggests that the amount of hooves that prey must have increased so that tigers could live and reproduce in smaller tricky areas.

There are also hoof animal population survey data that can confirm the abundance of wildlife in the Huai Shin Wildlife Sanctuary. The smaller size of female tigers' tricky area allows the area to support more tiger habitation in the area. This is consistent with the annual tiger population tracking data indicating that the current number of tigers in Huai Shin is doubling from the past.

Through more than 20 years of ongoing studies, it has received the cooperation of private sector organizations, particularly WCS Thailand, Rabbit in the Moon Foundation, agencies affiliated with the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Species Service.

Comprising departments affiliated with the 12th Conservation Area Administration (Nakhon Sawan), the Huai Shin Wildlife Sanctuary, Khao Nang Wildlife Research Station, and the Academic Task Group, can attest to the strong abundance of Huai Shin Forest ecosystems. The rise of tigers and hoof animals is clear evidence that area management and conservation have achieved tangible results.

Source: Academic Work Group, 12th Nakhon Sawan Conservation Area Administration, Thailand Tiger Project DNP

# Panther # National Park Service # Huai Shin Wildlife Sanctuary