Sumatran tigers seen wandering around Kambang Timur village

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Sumatran tigers seen wandering around Kambang Timur village

SUMATRA tiger/file (FOTO ANTARA/Khalsa)

Painan, W Sumatra (Antara Lampung) -  Sumatran Tigers were reportedly seen wandering around Kambang Timur Nagari, a local term for a traditional village, in Pesisir Selatan District, West Sumatra Province.
        
The head of Area III Conservation Section of the Natural Resource Conservation Agency (BKSDA) of West Sumatra, Surajiya, said here on Tuesday that the agency found two sets of tiger tracks after receiving reports of tiger sighting from the villagers.
        
"At the first track, the impressions were measured as 10.3cm long and 9.1cm wide, while the second track impressions were not measurable since these had been wiped by the rain," Surajiya said.
        
The first track was found near a mushala, a small place or hut of worship for the Muslims, while the second one was found at the local agriculture land.
        
One BKSDA officer and three from the Kerinci Seblat National Park Authority have been working in the area to spot the wandering tigers.
        
Meanwhile, Chief of Kambang Timur Nagari, Sondri, said the tigers were suspected to have mauled two dogs belonging to the villagers in the last one month.
        
They believed that at least four tigers are wandering around the village.
        
"In the course of one day, four residents reported having seen a tiger at almost the same time and we believe there were four tigers," Sondri said.

The authority has been working to track down the tigers to prevent any tiger-human conflict in the region.
        
Previously, in May, a Sumatran Tiger was rescued after it became entangled in a boar snare in Nagari Mandeh Village of West Sumatra.
        
The front right paw of the tiger was severely wounded by the snare and the team doctor had to amputate it on June 1.
        
Sumatran Tigers are the smallest surviving tiger subspecies, also considered the last of Indonesia's tigers.
        
They are holding on for survival in the remaining patches of forests on the island of Sumatra while its Javan and Balinese relatives have become extinct due to accelerating deforestation and rampant poaching.