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Tigers of the High Himalayas

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Another,

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Bhutan,

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Sadly poached,

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Bhutan,

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Bhutan,

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Another picture of Bhutan tiger,

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( This post was last modified: 07-28-2019, 09:41 AM by Rishi )

I've dug up most of of the best Himalaya dwelling tigers' photos lying around elsewhere in random threads & compiled them here...

All are Bhutan tigers & most have been posted before by others.

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( This post was last modified: 01-16-2018, 06:47 PM by Rishi )

WII monitors tigers, snow leopards above 12,000 ft altitude in Tehri

DEHRADUNUpdated: Jan 14, 2018 

Tiger camera-trapped at 12000 ft in Khatling area of Tehri in February 2017

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The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) will monitor the movement of tigers and snow leopards above 12,000 ft altitude near Khatling glacier in Tehri.

Earlier, the Institute had camera trapped both the species in the region. The Askot Wildlife Sanctuary reported the presence of tiger above 12,000 ft altitude in 2016. Similar findings were recorded in Kedarnath and Tehri following which the WII took up a detailed study on the presence of big cats.
A camera trap recorded the image of a tiger on February 4 last year, while a snow leopard was camera trapped near the Khatling glacier in February 2016. These two instances were the first photographic evidence of the presence of tigers and snow leopards near Khatling. 
“We have put nearly 35 camera traps in the region to study and monitor the presence of big cats,” WII scientist Sathyakumar said. In March, the Institute will check the data of camera traps to ascertain the presence of more tigers or snow leopards. 

This initiative comes ahead of the All India Tiger Estimation 2018-19, which will cover for the first time the high-altitude areas in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh where direct evidence of the presence of tigers are reported. The Institute is preparing the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for this survey with the help of which the higher reaches will be scanned for the big cats. 
India had 2,226 tigers as per the survey in 2014, accounting for 70% of big cats in the wild in the world. Uttarakhand had 340 tigers during the last estimation, with Corbett alone being home to a whopping 215 striped cats. Karnataka topped the list with 406 tigers. Madhya Pradesh (308) and Tamil Nadu (229) were the other two states with substantial tiger population.

“The Gangotri National Park is covered under the UNDP’s SECURE programme wherein snow leopard conservation will be undertaken in Uttarakhand. We hope in the coming years, other areas having snow leopard presence will also be included,” chief wildlife warden Digvijay Singh Khati said.
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( This post was last modified: 01-17-2018, 12:17 PM by parvez )

Tigers have been living in higher altitudes of around 14000 feet in 2008 by wang First time probably recorded in 1989,
Source: biology and conservation of wild felids

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High Altitudes of 10,000-14,000 in the sub ranges of Himalaya is just an extraordinary feat of the Tigers.
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Tiger camera trapped in Dibang Valley (technically the northeastern most corner of India, disputed territory with China). 

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High up in the Himalayan Mountains, what prey animals are in enough numbers to sustain a growing tiger population?
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@brotherbear 
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@brotherbear wildboars, thankfully they are so tenacious they are found anywhere within tiger territory, be it plain, hills or mountains then I think barking deer falls under similar catagory.... Serows and ghorals might also be present.
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Another tiger,

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