Man killed in suspected tiger attack


Under threat: Sumatran tigers are considered critically endangered by the International Union for Conser­vation of Nature with less than 400 believed to remain in the wild. — AFP

A man has been found dead in western Indonesia after a suspected attack by a Sumatran tiger authorities were still hunting, a local official said, the latest case of conflict between humans and the critically endangered species.

There are only several hundred tigers on the western island of Sumatra left in the wild and they are often targeted by poachers for their body parts, while rampant deforestation has significantly reduced their habitat.

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