Environmental activists in Indonesia have found a rare tiger accused of several attacks on villagers on the island of Sumatra, after killing two men. The latest setback of the species is estimated to have dwindled to around 400.
For her part, Vivin Arviana Gugasara, head of the Riau Environmental Conservation Agency, told the Times of India, “A female tiger, aged between 4 and 5 years, was found dead near Bukit Batu Wildlife Sanctuary in the area of Bengalis, Riau Province.
The dead tiger in an animal trap
Gugasara added that the examination concluded that the tiger died of dehydration five days after falling into a trap, and it appears that it was a trap set by an illegal poacher, which led to the breaking of one of his legs, noting that her agency will cooperate with law enforcement agencies in the investigation to find out the cause of the tiger’s death. rare.
Sumatran tigers, the most endangered species of tigers, are under increasing pressure from poaching as their habitat in the forest shrinks, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. It has been estimated that fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers remain in the wild.
This is the latest killing of endangered animals on the island of Sumatra, and conservationists say that the coronavirus epidemic has led to an increase in poaching, as villagers resort to hunting for economic reasons, and three Sumatran tigers, including two cubs, were found dead in Late last August, after being caught in traps in the area Leuser Ecosystem , a tiger protection area in Aceh province.