JAKARTA– Three critically-endangered Sumatran tigers have been found dead, after being caught in sling snares in a private oil palm plantation, in Indonesia’s Aceh province, the Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency said.
The agency’s head, Agus Arianto, said, the tigers’ carcasses were found on Sunday by a member of a non-governmental organisation, who estimated that the carnivores had died for days.
“We strongly condemn this incident. An investigation is underway,” Arianto said.
A medical team has taken the body parts of the tigers for necropsy, while the police are conducting a field investigation, to uncover other factors causing the deaths.
Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK