Indonesia: Another Sumatra tiger was killed

The director of Bengkulu province's nature conservation agency, Amon Zamora, said the five-year-old Sumatra tiger, which was rescued after being trapped in a forest, died of severe injuries . Mr. Zamora added that the male tiger was taken to Jakarta for treatment after it showed no signs of recovery from the wound by the trap.

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Zamora said: "The tiger died last Saturday. It died because of a trap that was too deep. In addition, the tiger was shot. The shrapnel was found in its eyes."

In Indonesia, wildlife poaching happens quite a lot when parts from rare animals are popular in the black market. Indonesian officials have found many types of traps similar to the trap that killed the 5-year-old tiger in 2011. Thus, the police have traced a group of suspects who have poached many kinds of animals. Rare objects.

The Sumatran tiger now has only about 400 individuals and environmentalists are concerned that the species will soon fall into extinction because of the increasing demand of the black market.