Rare image of wild Sumatra tiger

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has recorded precious images of 12 Sumatran tigers at Bukit Tigapuluh National Park in Indonesia in just 2 months.

Bukit Tigapuluh National Park, located in the center of Sumatra island, is one of six Indonesian landscapes committed to protecting tigers at the Global Summit on Lake Conservation last November.

However, the forest is seriously threatened by the industry of palm oil, paper and pulp. Only between 2004 and 2010, Bukit Tigapuluh lost 200,000 hectares of forest.

Sumatran tiger is in danger of extinction. According to statistics from the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia currently has only about 400 Sumatran tigers, accounting for 12% of the total tigers worldwide.

WWF estimates that the world has about 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild, all listed as endangered endangered animals. The number of tigers is declining due to the destruction of the forest environment, along with the increasing hunting and tiger trade.