Indonesia
Three rare Sumatran tigers found dead in traps
Police cordon off the site. Photo: East Aceh Police/East Aceh Police/AP/dpa
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It is estimated that there are only 400 specimens left in the wild. You’ve been on the Red List for a long time. Three Sumatran tigers have now died in wire traps.
Three rare Sumatran tigers have died in traps in Indonesia. The big cats were found dead in wire traps in a plantation area in Aceh province on Sunday, said the head of the local nature conservation agency, Agus Arianto.
Accordingly, a team was sent to investigate the death of the animals. It was initially not known whether these were traps for Sumatran tigers.
The Sumatran tiger is the smallest of the extant subspecies of tiger. In addition to poaching, the loss of natural habitat due to palm oil plantations has severely decimated the number. It is estimated that there are only a maximum of 400 specimens left in the wild. The animals are listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.