Roaming tiger causes panic
published : 20 Feb 2024 at 12:23
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Apinya Wipatayotin
A young tiger that wandered into a village, causing panic, was captured on Monday night and taken for medical treatment before it is released back into the jungle.
The chief of Khlong Lan National Park in Kamphaeng Phet said on Tuesday the animal was caught in a leg trap and was found by rangers about 9pm.
A vet injected the tiger with an anaesthetic before it was put in a cage and loaded onto a lorry, which took it to the Huai Kha Khaeng wildlife breeding centre.
The tiger is about 3 years old and weighs about 90 kilogrammes.
Vets said it was blind in the left eye. It also had a small wound on one paw and was very thin.
Its injuries were being treated and it would be nursed back to good health before being released back into the Huai Kha Khaeng forest in about two months' time.
The young tiger roamed into a village in Khlong Lan last week, causing panic.
The people called for help and the park sent rangers to capture the animal.
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Vocabulary
- anaesthetic: a substance that makes you unable to feel pain or makes you fall alseep - ยาชา,ยาสลบ
- blind (adj): unable to see (Note: Nowadays we often use the term "visually-impaired" instead of "blind") - ตาบอด
- capture: to catch someone or something; to take someone as a prisoner - จับ, จับกุม
- paw: the feet of animals such as bears, dogs and cats -
- ranger: a person whose job is to take care of a park, a forest or an area of countryside - เจ้าหน้าที่ดูแลป่าหรืออุทยาน
- roam: to move or travel around in no particular direction - เดินทางท่องเที่ยวโดยปราศจากจุดหมาย
- vet (noun): (short form of veterinarian) a person with a medical degree trained to take care of the health of animals - สัตวแพทย์
- wound: an injury in which your skin or flesh is damaged - บาดแผล
