Male tiger photographed at Assam’s Dihing Patkai National Park
The big cat was captured on camera during monitoring by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in collaboration with the State forest department
On August 19, 2026, the Environment and Forest Minister of Assam, Jayanta Malla Baruah, announced that a male tiger had been captured on camera in Dihing Patkai National Park. This discovery was confirmed through a camera trap monitoring project conducted by the Zoological Survey of India in collaboration with the State forest department.
Earlier, forest officials had noticed pug marks, suggesting the tiger's presence, but the camera trap image provided scientific verification. The Minister shared the news on social media, emphasizing the importance of the finding for the state's forest department and the park's ecological significance. Dihing Patkai National Park, known as the "Amazon of the East," is located in Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts and is home to eight wild cat species, including tigers, leopards, and others.
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