The WWF environmental group, famous for its defense and protection of animals, has managed to record a video that shows several examples of Sumatran tigers in the jungle of Buket Tigapuluh, Indonesia.
This species is seriously threatened by deforestation. Deforestation and subsequent reforestation palm oil is destroying large areas of forest and is threatening the survival of the Sumatran tiger landmark. It is estimated that there are only 400 copies in the wild.
The images were obtained by a research team of tigers in Sumatra implementing hidden cameras, as reported by WWF. The video was recorded during the months of March and April. The forest in which they were found is one of the landscapes that Indonesia's government promised to protect the tigers last summit held in Russia last November and attended by many world leaders.
A shrinking habitat
"What we need to find out is whether we have met so many tigers because we put our cameras in a better place or because the tiger habitat is being reduced so that they are being forced to live in jungle areas becoming smaller, "said the researcher who heads the WWF team, Karmila Parakkasi. He added that never before had found so many tigers.
The place where the cameras were installed in a corridor between the national park and sanctuary Bukit Tigapuluh Rimbang Bukit Baling. Although Bukit Tigapuluh hosts more than 30 tigers, about 150 130 elephants and monkeys, this area is not considered a protected area by the government of Indonesia.
WWF has repeatedly called for measures to stop deforestation of the rainforest and which adequately protects these areas. They have also asked the central and local government to reconsider the importance of this corridor and protect it as part of the biodiversity of Indonesia.
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