Indonesia seeks more proof that Javan tiger may no longer be extinct


JAKARTA: With camera traps and extensive DNA sweeps, Indonesian conservationists are hoping to find more evidence that the Javan tiger, a species declared extinct, actually still exists in the wild, an environment ministry official said on Tuesday (March 26).

Researchers at the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) said in a DNA study published last week that a strand of tiger hair sighted in a West Java village in 2019 matched some characteristics of the tiger, which is native to Indonesia.

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