Sumatran tiger population in Seblat park down to 136

"The tiger population in the park now was only 136, down from 150 spotted in 2007, coordinator for Sumatra of Flora Fauna International (FFI), Debby Martin, said in a report on the results of her research here Thursday.Hunting and land clearing had become the main threat to...

Sumatran tigers on brink of extinction

Banda Aceh (ANTARA News) - The Leuser International Foundation (YLI) said, according to its data, Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris Sumatrae) still exist in the Leuser ecosystem area (KEL) but they were very endangered.Poaching and human encroachment on their habitat had...

West Sumatran coastal residents worry about imminent earthquake

"In Bengkulu province, authorities at provincial, regional and municipal levels had begun taking steps to prepare the public for a powerful earthquake and tsunami predicted to happen in December by Brazilian earthquake observer Prof Jucelino Nobrega da Luz."We expect all...

Elephants attack plantation areas in Aceh

""Many crops were damaged in the wild elephants rampages," he said. Meanwhile, Teungki A. Rani Ulele Lhok, a local village head, said the elephants` behavior had made the villagers restless. They had tried to drive the animals away by using a traditional method but it did not...

Killer tiger caught

"He said the villagers had set up three traps to catch the wild animal believed to have killed people. The animal was caught in a trap set in Rotan hill. The animal is fine and now under supervision of the Natural Resources Conservation Agency in Tapaktuan."