A 'lost' population of tigers has been filmed living in the Himalayas -- the highest living tigers known. The discovery stunned experts, as the tigers are living at a higher altitude than any others known and appear to be successfully breeding. Leading experts suspect that tigers may also be living at higher altitudes, following anecdotal reports by villagers suggesting that some were roaming as high as 13,000 ft (4000m).
Their presence in the Bhutan highlands has been confirmed by footage taken by a BBC natural history camera crew. The cameras recorded a wealth of wildlife, including red foxes, jungle cats, monkeys, leopards, musk deer and even a red panda. This is the only place on earth known to have tigers, leopards and snow leopards all sharing the same valley.
The discovery of tigers living at high altitudes in Bhutan could be crucial to one scheme proposed to help save the species from extinction by offering sanctuary from human towns and the pressures they bring.
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