Lost tiger population discovered in Bhutan mountains

BBC's natural history crew have confirmed the existence of Tigers living at high altitudes around 4000m (13,000ft) were trees are unable to survive. The exact location of the discovery is being kept secret to prevent poachers from hunting the Tigers. “The cameras recorded a wealth of wildlife, including red foxes, jungle cats, monkeys, leopards, Himalayan black bear, tarkin, serow, musk deer and even a red panda. This is the only place on earth known to have tigers, leopard and snow leopards all sharing the same valley. It is remarkable to have these three big cats sharing their range. Most extraordinarily, the cameras took footage of two wild tigers, one male and one female, a discovery that moved Mr Buchanan to tears.”-BBC The cameras were left in remote locations in the mountains for three months and gathered the first pictures of the Bhutan mountain Tigers. With the Tigers roaming in territory this high, conservationists think its a step closer to preserving a tiger corridor to allow Tigers to move and breed across large areas of land. added by: Mcellie

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