Kamphaeng Phet—Officials have located the Bengal tiger in Mae Wong National Park resting while guarding a wild boar carcass dragged only 100 meters from a pig pen. They are preparing plans to push it back to the larger forest. Whether to tranquilize the tiger for relocation will be reassessed in the afternoon. Authorities have warned villagers to be cautious as this young male tiger is expanding its hunting territory and could pose a danger.
In the case of a Bengal tiger descending from Mae Wong National Park to break into a wild boar pen in Moo 5, Ban Takfa, Pang Ta Wai Subdistrict, Pang Silathong District, Kamphaeng Phet Province, in the early hours of 28 Feb 2026, it killed a mother wild boar and dragged the carcass into a nearby sugarcane field. Throughout the day, officials from the Protected Areas Regional Office 12 (Nakhon Sawan), Mae Wong National Park staff, and villagers patrolled the village perimeter, installed CCTV cameras to monitor the tiger's movements, and advised villagers to avoid going out alone at night. The tiger is a young male expanding its hunting range, and upon finding a food source in villagers' livestock pens, it has lingered to return for further hunting, believed to still be in the area.
Most recently, at 9:00 p.m. on 1 Mar 2026, officials flew a drone equipped with thermal imaging over the sugarcane field, just 100 meters from the pig pen, and found the Bengal tiger resting while guarding the wild boar carcass it had dragged for food. The tiger appeared satiated. Officials maintained surveillance throughout the night, preparing to narrow the tiger's range to plan its relocation back to Mae Wong National Park, about 4 kilometers away. Whether to use a tranquilizer dart for moving the tiger will be re-evaluated in the afternoon.
On the morning of 2 Mar 2026, officials again flew a thermal drone to check if the tiger remained in the same spot but encountered visibility issues due to the daytime heat, making the tiger's movements difficult to detect clearly. Throughout the day, additional personnel were deployed to monitor the tiger closely, preventing it from moving far outside the sugarcane area, with operational plans being developed accordingly.